Digestion starts in the mouth where chewing and saliva breaks down food so it is more easily processed by your body. Esophagus: The esophagus is a muscular tube that connects the pharynx (throat) to the stomach. The esophagus contracts as it moves food into the stomach. A âvalveâ called the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) is located just before the opening to the stomach.
âWhen I was in kindergarten, they took us to a barn, and I remember when I went in and saw the cows and the smell of the barn, I just kind of fell in love,â said Ruffa, who operates family-run Bella Stella Cheese with wife Irma and their four children on a 40-acre plot on Trinity Valley Road.
The Cheesecake Factory chain grew from there. June 24, 2012|By Aida Ahmad, Los Angeles Times. Cheesecake Factory founder and CEO David Overton says he doesnâtâ¦ (Arkasha Stevenson, Losâ¦) The gig: David Overton, 66, is founder and chief executive of Cheesecake Factory Inc., based in Calabasas Hills. The publicly traded restaurant company has about 170 eateries, and last year it earned a profit of $95.7 million on sales of $1.8 billion.