Rising Scholars who participated in this year’s HUNCH culinary competition included (from left) Madison “Vixx” Mohrbacher, Alivia Zepernick, Megan Luli, Victoria Jackson and Karrin Diegdio.

A team of Rising Scholars from Kent State Columbiana County cooked up a recipe trying earn a spot in the finals of the NASA HUNCH culinary competition at the Johnson Space Center in Houston later this spring, but the team’s score was not enough to advance this year. Each year, NASA provides a new theme for its culinary challenge and this year it required students to create a pasta dish. Following months of research, testing and perfecting its recipe, the team of five Rising Scholars presented a spicy turkey and portabella pasta dish. NASA’s strict dietary and nutritional requirements led ...

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