When students and alumni of the Mt. Diablo school district hear the words “cheese zombie,” up pop fond thoughts of gooey, cheese-filled balls of dough that do a great job of filing stomachs with ...

Editor's note: This column first ran on April 27, 2020, and has been updated to reflect where cheese zombies are sold. The cheese zombie has been a staple of Yakima County school lunches for more than ...

Recipes for cheese zombies below. Concord’s an unassuming city. The deep East Bay locale, 30 miles from the city, has a different air. It's far removed from the bustling vainglory of San Francisco, ...

Back to school means the return of a lot of kids' favorite part of the day: lunchtime. And in the Yakima Valley, there's one lunchtime staple that reigns supreme: the cheese zombie. If you grew up on ...

A staple of Yakima County school lunches for more than a half century has been the cheese zombie. Usually served with a side of tomato soup or sauce, the pizza-like bread with cheese baked in it was ...