Girl, 11, goes up against burger titans in L.A. Times recipe contest
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Cast your vote for your favorite entry in our third annual Los Angeles Times Battle of the Burgers. Your precious democracy is at stake!
Well, that might be a little overstated. But Pasadena media are abuzz about a local kid who has entered the contest, and you know that’s going to get out a lot of those Queen City votes.
Gabriella Pontrelli, a fifth-grader at Holy Family School in South Pasadena, as part of a homework assignment wrote up her idea for a burger dedicated to her favorite restaurant – the Dog Haus (it’s a mutual love thing: The restaurant already has a cheeseburger on its menu named after her – The Gabster, introduced on March 21 -- national Absolutely Incredible Kid Day).
-- Russ Parsons, Los Angeles Times