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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pam and Wendy Drew are South African identical twins who do everything together; from travel to entering the same career paths and now owning and operating \u003ca href=\"https://amaweles.com/\">Amawele’s Cuisine\u003c/a> in San Francisco. The name of their restaurant came easy—it simply means “The Twins” in Zulu.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_139817\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 683px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-139817 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/FOOD2105_amaweles_chpic_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/FOOD2105_amaweles_chpic_4.jpg 683w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/FOOD2105_amaweles_chpic_4-160x225.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young Pam and Wendy.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amawele’s Cuisine serves what Wendy and Pam consider to be Durban-inspired dishes. Pam and Wendy grew up in Durban, South Africa, in a culturally diverse community. Not only was their community heavily diverse, so was their family. “We are what they consider as colored because of cultural mix,” says Pam. “Our family is extremely diverse. So we [have] Indian aunties, we have Black uncles, white grandparents. [Also], Cape Malaysian is part of our DNA as well.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_139818\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-139818 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/FOOD2105_amaweles_chpic_7-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/FOOD2105_amaweles_chpic_7-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/FOOD2105_amaweles_chpic_7-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/FOOD2105_amaweles_chpic_7-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/FOOD2105_amaweles_chpic_7-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/FOOD2105_amaweles_chpic_7-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/FOOD2105_amaweles_chpic_7-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/FOOD2105_amaweles_chpic_7.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pam and Wendy as children with their mother Nadia Drew Loretta.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As a city, Durban is considered to have the largest concentrated population of Indians outside of India. Indian influences had a major impact on the dishes that Wendy and Pam consumed growing up, and they quickly learned how to prepare such dishes at a young age—many of which can be found on Amawele’s menu today.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of the components that they use on their menu is Roti, a buttery, thin Indian flatbread that is dipped in a variety of sauces and curries. Although Roti is traditionally Indian, Pam and Wendy decided to reinvent it with secret spices; they call it South African Roti or Amawele’s Roti. (Currently, their South African Roti is headed to retail nationwide.)\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CEDNb4BhMxA/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The idea of opening Amawele’s Cuisine didn’t materialize until they moved to the United States. In South Africa, they had both worked in finance, and were eager to travel. Their initial plan was to move to the U.S. for a year or two, but upon arrival they saw the opportunities for business and decided to stay. While working to pick up jobs to make ends meet, they kept the faith that something bigger and better was heading their direction.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When South Africa hosted the 2010 World Cup, Pam and Wendy started planning a party with friends. They soon realized that San Francisco didn’t have any South African restaurants that could provide food for the party. Without a beat, they decided to prepare their favorite dishes, and sure enough, their spicy, flavorful meals were a hit. The next day, their friends encouraged them to open a restaurant. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_139848\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-139848 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/IMG_6555-800x607.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/IMG_6555-800x607.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/IMG_6555-1020x774.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/IMG_6555-160x121.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/IMG_6555-768x583.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/IMG_6555.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pam and Wendy with a friend at the World Cup 2010 party.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But Amawele’s Cuisine didn’t happen overnight—in fact, it took nearly three years to finally open. In the meantime, Pam and Wendy marketed their business while driving rideshare, saved money by working as nannies, and eventually borrowed $100,000 on credit cards. Although they had supportive friends, the realities of opening a business as two black immigrant women in San Francisco was a challenge. “People didn't look at us and say, ‘Oh, I see success in you.’ It was a little hard,” Pam says. “it wasn't like they just said, ‘Oh, well, yeah, they'll just sign the lease. Go in.’ We had to do a lot of begging and pleading.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_139843\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-139843 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/FOOD2105_amaweles_apic18-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/FOOD2105_amaweles_apic18-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/FOOD2105_amaweles_apic18-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/FOOD2105_amaweles_apic18-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/FOOD2105_amaweles_apic18-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/FOOD2105_amaweles_apic18-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/FOOD2105_amaweles_apic18-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/FOOD2105_amaweles_apic18.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pam and Wendy in 2012 in Las Vegas for the Rugby 7's.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In May of 2013, Amawele’s Cuisine finally opened its doors in the Financial District at San Francisco’s Rincon Center. Like most restaurants, the first few days were a struggle. “We went home and we literally cried ourselves to sleep,” Pam says. “We were like, ‘What did we do?’”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe title=\"Twin Sisters Bring South African Comfort Food to the Bay | Dishes of the Diaspora\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/Sm4PAOs4vsQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_139842\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 750px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-139842 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/FOOD2105_amaweles_apic7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"746\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/FOOD2105_amaweles_apic7.jpg 750w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/FOOD2105_amaweles_apic7-160x159.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pam and Wendy at the Amawele's Cuisine brick and mortar.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_139841\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-139841 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/FOOD2105_amaweles_apic9-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/FOOD2105_amaweles_apic9-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/FOOD2105_amaweles_apic9-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/FOOD2105_amaweles_apic9-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/FOOD2105_amaweles_apic9-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/FOOD2105_amaweles_apic9-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/FOOD2105_amaweles_apic9.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pam and Wendy with their mother and brother at the Amawele's brick and mortar.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fortunately, things changed by the end of the week, when customers came fluttering in. Some customers had trouble understanding the dishes, and even asked if the restaurant ever served exotic dishes like ostrich eggs or crocodile meat. “I never had an ostrich in my life, so I'm not going to sell something I don't know,” says Pam. “And again, it's not a typical South African dish, it's not. So there was a lot of educating in terms of...South African Cuisine.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of the most popular dishes at Amawele’s is Bunny Chow, a cross-cultural dish of English, Indian and Zulu cuisine. Bunny Chow is a hollowed-out quarter loaf of sweet white bread filled with either chicken curry, vegetable curry, lamb curry or beef curry, served with a side of pickled carrots to ease the spiciness. The name “Bunny” is another word for \u003ci>Bania\u003c/i>, an Indian caste of merchants who used white bread as bowls to transport their curries. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Initially the twins were against putting it on the menu; they simply couldn’t imagine seeing men in suits digging into Bunny Chow. So they introduced it to diners as similar to a soup bowl, and it soon became their most popular dish on the menu.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_139832\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-139832 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/428A9046-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/428A9046-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/428A9046-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/428A9046-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/428A9046-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/428A9046-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/428A9046-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/428A9046-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Preparing the Bunny Chow. \u003ccite>(Cecilia Phillips / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_139830\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-139830 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/428A9056-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/428A9056-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/428A9056-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/428A9056-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/428A9056-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/428A9056-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/428A9056-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/428A9056-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The plated Bunny Chow \u003ccite>(Cecilia Phillips / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another best-selling item is their Cape Malay Rice, a popular dish from the Cape Malays of Capetown, South Africa. The rice, vibrant yellow from the tumeric, and made with curry, cinnamon, and vegetables. They like to call it a type of Biryani rice—familiar, but with a different taste. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CK2ZqsrhL5U/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite success at their brick and mortar, Pam and Wendy decided to close the restaurant in 2019 and focus primarily on online subscriptions, corporate catering and retail. “I feel like that was a massive blessing in disguise, because none of us knew what was going to happen in 2020,” Wendy says. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Currently Pam and Wendy rent kitchen space at \u003ca href=\"https://www.eclecticcookery.com/\">Eclectic Cookery\u003c/a>, located in Bayview-Hunters Point, and have a monthly rotating subscription box of South African dishes for customers to order. Says Pam, “Each box has about three full South African meals. [Also], every month a double crusted savory pie is featured, because that's also one of our signature dishes coming from Durban.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CGD1oywBSuc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Online, Pam and Wendy also sell \u003ca href=\"https://amaweles.com/order-amaweles/drinks/amaweles-refreshers/\">Rooibos Refreshers\u003c/a>, an herbal brew made from leaves that can only be grown in Capetown, and \u003ca href=\"https://amaweles.com/order-amaweles/sauces/amaweles-peri-peri-hot-sauce/\">Peri Peri hot sauce\u003c/a>. At the moment, Amawele’s only accepts Bay Area orders, but will soon expand nationwide. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CIL92LdhP6w/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-139823\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/428A8945-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/428A8945-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/428A8945-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/428A8945-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/428A8945-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/428A8945-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/428A8945-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/428A8945-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And as for the future? Says Wendy, “We just want to move forward.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For authentic Durban South African cuisine, head over to \u003ca href=\"https://amaweles.com/\">Amaweles.com\u003c/a>. \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The idea of opening Amawele’s Cuisine didn’t materialize until they moved to the United States. In South Africa, they had both worked in finance, and were eager to travel. Their initial plan was to move to the U.S. for a year or two, but upon arrival they saw the opportunities for business and decided to stay. While working to pick up jobs to make ends meet, they kept the faith that something bigger and better was heading their direction.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When South Africa hosted the 2010 World Cup, Pam and Wendy started planning a party with friends. They soon realized that San Francisco didn’t have any South African restaurants that could provide food for the party. Without a beat, they decided to prepare their favorite dishes, and sure enough, their spicy, flavorful meals were a hit. The next day, their friends encouraged them to open a restaurant. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_139848\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-139848 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/IMG_6555-800x607.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/IMG_6555-800x607.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/IMG_6555-1020x774.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/IMG_6555-160x121.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/IMG_6555-768x583.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2021/02/IMG_6555.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pam and Wendy with a friend at the World Cup 2010 party.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But Amawele’s Cuisine didn’t happen overnight—in fact, it took nearly three years to finally open. In the meantime, Pam and Wendy marketed their business while driving rideshare, saved money by working as nannies, and eventually borrowed $100,000 on credit cards. Although they had supportive friends, the realities of opening a business as two black immigrant women in San Francisco was a challenge. “People didn't look at us and say, ‘Oh, I see success in you.’ It was a little hard,” Pam says. “it wasn't like they just said, ‘Oh, well, yeah, they'll just sign the lease. 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Some customers had trouble understanding the dishes, and even asked if the restaurant ever served exotic dishes like ostrich eggs or crocodile meat. “I never had an ostrich in my life, so I'm not going to sell something I don't know,” says Pam. “And again, it's not a typical South African dish, it's not. So there was a lot of educating in terms of...South African Cuisine.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of the most popular dishes at Amawele’s is Bunny Chow, a cross-cultural dish of English, Indian and Zulu cuisine. Bunny Chow is a hollowed-out quarter loaf of sweet white bread filled with either chicken curry, vegetable curry, lamb curry or beef curry, served with a side of pickled carrots to ease the spiciness. The name “Bunny” is another word for \u003ci>Bania\u003c/i>, an Indian caste of merchants who used white bread as bowls to transport their curries. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Initially the twins were against putting it on the menu; they simply couldn’t imagine seeing men in suits digging into Bunny Chow. 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I ended up traveling to Bahia and that's where I kind of like, 'Wow, this is so cool,' because 80% of their culture in food and everything is African-descendant.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_139671\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-139671 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/12/Damel2.jpg\" alt=\"Oumar Diouf as a boy in Senegal.\" width=\"800\" height=\"659\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/12/Damel2.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/12/Damel2-160x132.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/12/Damel2-768x633.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oumar Diouf as a boy in Senegal, with his mother. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Oumar Diuof)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One of those dishes is called \u003ca href=\"https://www.thedamel.com/online-ordering/the-damel/menu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Acarajé\u003c/a>, which is similar to Senegal’s Àkàrà. Àkàrà, a West African dish, is a bean fritter made from cowpeas. The beans are washed and soaked overnight, then blended with red habanero peppers, onions, red bell peppers, and salt. The mixture is then scooped with a ladle into hot bubbling oil, where it's fried to a golden brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CIHfWLZBHDF/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Acarajé is made in much the same way, with the variation of being fried in palm oil and stuffed with cassava puréed with coconut milk, and topped with Brazilian vinaigrette salsa. Acarajé is currently a staple at The Damel, where customers rave about the bold yet delicious flavors at play.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Oumar moved to Oakland in 2017, he began an Afro-Brazilian catering business that quickly flourished after he catered a lunch for Salesforce. In May 2019, he opened his restaurant, The Damel, which features dishes from his travels to Argentina, Brazil, and home country Senegal. Along with best-selling Acarajé, it's known for Oumar's \u003ca href=\"https://www.thedamel.com/online-ordering/the-damel/menu\">empanadas\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CC_TjfEB1Oh/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Damel’s empanadas are like no other—in fact, the dough is imported directly from Argentina to provide the most authentic flavor. “The ground beef is one of the most popular ones,\" Oumar explains. \"The ground beef, I'm making it in a way that nobody makes it here. We take the fat out, and we put a lot of flavor in it. So it makes you want to eat more, yet feel guilt-free, because it’s healthy. Although it has Argentinian influences, I bring my own touch to it. 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He developed a food truck that serves customers across the Bay who cannot visit his restaurant. Despite the circumstances of COVID-19, The Damel continues to strive forward; Oumar plans to open 10 more restaurants by 2022. He's also launched a foundation, and hopes to build homes and playgrounds for orphaned children in need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whenever I travel to Senegal, I am disheartened because I see a lot of children in the streets begging…when they're supposed to be playing and learning,\" Oumar says. \"I already built one park, and I am planning on building more parks in each city that I know. It’ll be a place where kids can spend their time…instead of the streets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What started as a way to support his mother and provide for his family has gone beyond the family kitchen table. Oumar has successfully brought cross-cultural flavors to the Bay Area that leave customers coming back time and again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Damel, 1312 Broadway, Oakland. More details \u003ca href=\"https://www.thedamel.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The Damel’s empanadas are like no other—in fact, the dough is imported directly from Argentina to provide the most authentic flavor. “The ground beef is one of the most popular ones,\" Oumar explains. \"The ground beef, I'm making it in a way that nobody makes it here. We take the fat out, and we put a lot of flavor in it. So it makes you want to eat more, yet feel guilt-free, because it’s healthy. Although it has Argentinian influences, I bring my own touch to it. So far, we got a recipe that people love.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_139668\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-139668 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/12/Damel5-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Oumar Diouf in the kitchen of The Damel.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/12/Damel5-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/12/Damel5-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/12/Damel5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/12/Damel5-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/12/Damel5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/12/Damel5.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oumar Diouf in the kitchen of The Damel. \u003ccite>(Kyle Sykes)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chef Oumar is on a mission beyond his brick and mortar. He developed a food truck that serves customers across the Bay who cannot visit his restaurant. Despite the circumstances of COVID-19, The Damel continues to strive forward; Oumar plans to open 10 more restaurants by 2022. He's also launched a foundation, and hopes to build homes and playgrounds for orphaned children in need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whenever I travel to Senegal, I am disheartened because I see a lot of children in the streets begging…when they're supposed to be playing and learning,\" Oumar says. \"I already built one park, and I am planning on building more parks in each city that I know. It’ll be a place where kids can spend their time…instead of the streets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What started as a way to support his mother and provide for his family has gone beyond the family kitchen table. Oumar has successfully brought cross-cultural flavors to the Bay Area that leave customers coming back time and again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Damel, 1312 Broadway, Oakland. More details \u003ca href=\"https://www.thedamel.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">After announcing to discontinue racially stereotypical labels from its international food products, Trader Joe’s \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareabites/138695/trader-joes-says-no-to-changing-label-names-denounced-as-racist\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">walked back those promises\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> late last month refuting criticism that the branding isn’t racist or harmful. On July 21, a spokesperson for the grocery chain made a statement about phasing out international derivatives of the Trader Joe’s brand including Trader José’s and Trader Ming’s. That first statement came on the heels of \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareabites/138277/trader-joes-to-remove-racist-branding-following-bay-area-teens-petition\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">a petition started by Oakley high school student Briones Bedell \u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">that has garnered over 6,000 signatures. Bedell started \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.change.org/p/trader-joe-s-remove-racist-packaging-from-your-products\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">the petition\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in early July pointing out that the company labels and imagery on global food products relied on harmful stereotypes and caricatures.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/BrionesBedell/status/1296485715233120267\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite the company’s change of heart regarding its branding, Bedell isn’t letting up on her fight for Trader Joe’s to recognize the harm its marketing perpetuates and profits off of. Bedell draws a clear line between Trader Joe’s founder Joe Coulombe’s aesthetic inspirations for the company’s to Western colonialist fantasies of foreign lands. Most recently on her Twitter account, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/BrionesBedell\">Bedell\u003c/a> pointed out an Oklahoma themed reusable bag from the grocery chain that references the Trail of Tears as a feature of the state along with the state tree, the Eastern Red Bud and the Sooners as native landmarks of the state. “Who would celebrate the Trail of Tears or treat it as a source of pride—let alone design, produce and sell reusable grocery bags highlighting a government-sanctioned atrocity that killed and brutalized thousands of Native Americans?” she asked in a Tweet. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">KQED spoke with Bedell to get her thoughts about the company’s inconsistent statements and what comes next in her fight towards eliminating detrimental language and imagery in food and beyond. Responses have been edited for style and clarity.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003ci>KQED: How are you feeling about Trader Joe’s backtracking on their commitment to changing their labels?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Briones Bedell: I'm disappointed and quite frankly, surprised at what seems to be a complete reversal of their previous commitment for removing labels from international foods that Trader Joe’s had previously described as not being conducive to creating, I think their words were, “a welcoming, rewarding customer experience.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I'm glad that this issue has invited a discourse about depictions of race and ethnicity at Trader Joe's. However,their choice of racially insensitive packaging, I think is ultimately symbolic of more complex issues, especially when it is embedded within their broader corporate brand philosophy. For example, a book titled \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">White Shadows in the South Seas\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> [was] an inspiration for the founder of the company in creating the brand. This book goes as far as to celebrate the myth of the noble savage and the white God narratives and it relies heavily on these aspects of exoticism that we can see mirrored in their branding of international foods. I think Trader Joe's, given this context, becomes an all too convenient device to talk more broadly about our society's ingrained edifices of imperialism and how our current systems continue to reflect these tendencies. Again, to reiterate, [this branding] is not cultural celebration or representation. I mean, the brands are shells of the cultures that they claim to represent. They're only caricatures and vague ideas and stereotypes — not anything of actual substance. It becomes a tool of othering and insidious microaggression given this essential context, especially given that they're profiting off of these stereotypes. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003ci>How does your framing around this come about? What was your education like about these subjects?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prior to this petition specifically, I had an interest in protecting intangible cultural content, specifically traditional cultural expressions Previously, I had presented at venues such as the World Intellectual Property Organization and the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries and Museums. My prior interest in these subjects made me sensitive to what I perceive as a trivializing impact of Trader Joe’s branding which then compelled me to speak up about it. I've been grateful in my upbringing and education to have had mentors and supporters who have encouraged me to question sources of authority. [It’s one thing to see when] something wrong or something feels off. But it's another thing to be able to explain the how and why of it. I've been grateful for that. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003ci>Have you found something specific or notable about how exoctizing and othering happens in the world of food as opposed to the art world?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When we talk about, like art that's in museums and intellectual property and cultural content, sometimes that's very inaccessible or just not as available as something like food, which is one of the most basic ways that we interact with and are introduced to cultures outside of our own. Food, generally, in comparison to other activities, is cheap. When I was doing more research about Trader Joe's marketing and marketing in general, using, you know, caricatures and exoticism to market food, I put the pieces together. I think that we can consider the internationally branded labels as being representative of a broader marketing tactic that employs that same exoticism, because the products are considered alternative to a Eurocentric cuisine that's perceived as the “normal”. The marketing is intended to allow a consumer who has relatively little economic capital but a lot of social capital to build up perceived sophistication, virtue, worldliness and knowledge through their engagement with food. And actually, Joe Coulombe who established the esthetics of the brand, he had a particular customer base in mind. He described his customers frequently, [as] over-educated, underpaid. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There's not necessarily anything wrong with engaging with cultures other than your own, and I think it's a good practice. 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Using tiki to hawk products to gain a profit [when] tiki often draws on religiously important motifs and in various specific cultures.It's not only in poor taste, but it's this example of rampant cultural appropriation that's gone unchecked for decades. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_138881\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 2445px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-138881\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/08/BrionesBedellPhoto.jpeg\" alt=\"Briones Bedell is confident her petition is engendering conversations around harmful stereotypical depictions of non-American cultures.\" width=\"2445\" height=\"2280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/08/BrionesBedellPhoto.jpeg 2445w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/08/BrionesBedellPhoto-800x746.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/08/BrionesBedellPhoto-1020x951.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/08/BrionesBedellPhoto-160x149.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/08/BrionesBedellPhoto-768x716.jpeg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/08/BrionesBedellPhoto-1536x1432.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/08/BrionesBedellPhoto-2048x1910.jpeg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/08/BrionesBedellPhoto-1920x1790.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2445px) 100vw, 2445px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Briones Bedell is confident her petition is engendering conversations around harmful stereotypical depictions of people and cultures across the globe. \u003ccite>(courtesy of Briones Bedell)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003ci> What do you think are the company’s intentions around this marketing, and how does it matter?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This has been a big point of contention within the discussion.How can you prove intent? I would say that I belong to the school of thought that says it doesn't necessarily matter what the intent was. I think ignorance lets the company say it didn't understand. Although I don't buy that this company didn't understand that these symbols would be inappropriate, offensive and even racist. We don't generally use ignorance as a free pass for the individual who's perpetuating racism in their personal lives. And so why should we apply this to a multi-billion dollar corporation who is putting out imagery and labels that perpetuate exoticism, romanticize imperialism? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trader Joe's, with the amount of revenue it pulls in, with the amount of different communities it serves, it has over 500 locations [in the nation], certainly could afford to and would do well to allocate more time and money to reviewing how their brand may perpetuate racial stereotypes and how they can rectify that. I think in this current moment in particular, there are people who have been reluctant to comment on race and the ramifications that it has on American citizens, are now entering that conversation. We're talking about issues of race much more openly than we ever have before. As a white person, I can say I know a lot of white people that were very reluctant to have frank conversations about race prior to even just this summer. I think in the light of recent events and a trend for years now [where] consumers are increasingly looking toward companies to support or align with their ethics and your personal philosophies, Trader Joe's would do well [to] really sharpen its message on diversity and inclusion to their loyal, almost cult like fan base. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003ci> What does a moment like this call for from where you sit with this petition?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since the petition has started, I’ve got a significant amount of backlash from a variety of different groups. People who tend to self identify as conservative have decried it as an example of cancel culture, oversensitivity or political correctness. Then people who identify themselves as on the left or liberal tend to say that this is diluting the real tangible impact of very measurable impacts of racism in other spheres.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">What I am incredibly unclear on and disappointed in is that [Trader Joe's] is waffling on their position. There's been an incredible amount of backlash [but] there's also been increasing support, and especially recently. And I'm just happy that is opening up a dialogue and again, continuing these discussions about race and ethnicity that we're having currently in the U.S. Racism at all levels, systemic racism particularly, can be addressed and weeded out. I think that Trader Joe's had an incredible opportunity to clarify their brand messaging and they speak so often about this [in] their PR statements about this welcoming and rewarding customer experience.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I think their incredible lack of clarity on this issue with the ethnically branded products reflects very poorly on the integrity for the company and their commitment to their stated goals for diversity and inclusion. In conjunction with the more recently discovered, culturally insensitive and racist caricatures being used to sell their goods as well as that Oklahoma bag with Trail of Tears on it, I think it necessitates deeper work and a closer look at policies and procedures internally as a company. Ultimately, at this point, my hope and our hope, the supporters, would be that Trader Joe’s will make a commitment again to those stated goals and take a firm stance on the necessity for cultural sensitivity, anti-racism and include that recognition that the continued perpetuating of imperialistic narratives in any form is harmful. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I've been very grateful to receive a lot of feedback on the petition, whether positive or negative, because I know that it's starting conversations more broadly. But I am unsettled by the amount of ignorance and misinformation out there regarding the problems associated with things like cultural appropriation [and] the need to protect cultural content. And if nothing else, I hope to continue that conversation and continue to get the word out. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003ci>Have you heard from Trader Joe’s personally throughout these past two months of doing this work?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I have not heard from Trader Joe's regarding the petition. The closest that I've gotten to that is that they reference the petition vaguely on their announcement on their website. But no, there's been no direct contact. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003ci> How are you using this to create public education around imperialism in food spaces?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There's been a lot of people that I've encountered that just haven't even heard of the words like exoticism or even realize that imperialism is a thing that happens in the United States or that it's relevant to our history as a diverse nation. That's been an incredible opportunity within itself, and I hope to continue to raise awareness about these issues and the very deep lasting impact because the truth and the legacy effects are ongoing. It's not over. I think the first step is just recognizing that there are people who aren't even aware that it's a problem. And so when they encounter this, there's kind of a knee jerk reaction like “What do you mean? This sounds very over sensitive or very foreign” because many of us just unfortunately just haven't been introduced to it. So I hope that can resolve that. Like I said before, you can point out that something is off or something is wrong but having the ability to explain how or why and when, that's really the crucial part of this. I hope that Trader Joe's will get rid of the ethnic branding and revise the policy. But again, this issue is far broader. It concerns so many different people, communities. It opens the gates to all sorts of conversations. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite the company’s change of heart regarding its branding, Bedell isn’t letting up on her fight for Trader Joe’s to recognize the harm its marketing perpetuates and profits off of. Bedell draws a clear line between Trader Joe’s founder Joe Coulombe’s aesthetic inspirations for the company’s to Western colonialist fantasies of foreign lands. Most recently on her Twitter account, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/BrionesBedell\">Bedell\u003c/a> pointed out an Oklahoma themed reusable bag from the grocery chain that references the Trail of Tears as a feature of the state along with the state tree, the Eastern Red Bud and the Sooners as native landmarks of the state. “Who would celebrate the Trail of Tears or treat it as a source of pride—let alone design, produce and sell reusable grocery bags highlighting a government-sanctioned atrocity that killed and brutalized thousands of Native Americans?” she asked in a Tweet. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">KQED spoke with Bedell to get her thoughts about the company’s inconsistent statements and what comes next in her fight towards eliminating detrimental language and imagery in food and beyond. Responses have been edited for style and clarity.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003ci>KQED: How are you feeling about Trader Joe’s backtracking on their commitment to changing their labels?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Briones Bedell: I'm disappointed and quite frankly, surprised at what seems to be a complete reversal of their previous commitment for removing labels from international foods that Trader Joe’s had previously described as not being conducive to creating, I think their words were, “a welcoming, rewarding customer experience.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I'm glad that this issue has invited a discourse about depictions of race and ethnicity at Trader Joe's. However,their choice of racially insensitive packaging, I think is ultimately symbolic of more complex issues, especially when it is embedded within their broader corporate brand philosophy. For example, a book titled \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">White Shadows in the South Seas\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> [was] an inspiration for the founder of the company in creating the brand. This book goes as far as to celebrate the myth of the noble savage and the white God narratives and it relies heavily on these aspects of exoticism that we can see mirrored in their branding of international foods. I think Trader Joe's, given this context, becomes an all too convenient device to talk more broadly about our society's ingrained edifices of imperialism and how our current systems continue to reflect these tendencies. Again, to reiterate, [this branding] is not cultural celebration or representation. I mean, the brands are shells of the cultures that they claim to represent. They're only caricatures and vague ideas and stereotypes — not anything of actual substance. It becomes a tool of othering and insidious microaggression given this essential context, especially given that they're profiting off of these stereotypes. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003ci>How does your framing around this come about? What was your education like about these subjects?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prior to this petition specifically, I had an interest in protecting intangible cultural content, specifically traditional cultural expressions Previously, I had presented at venues such as the World Intellectual Property Organization and the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries and Museums. My prior interest in these subjects made me sensitive to what I perceive as a trivializing impact of Trader Joe’s branding which then compelled me to speak up about it. I've been grateful in my upbringing and education to have had mentors and supporters who have encouraged me to question sources of authority. [It’s one thing to see when] something wrong or something feels off. But it's another thing to be able to explain the how and why of it. I've been grateful for that. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003ci>Have you found something specific or notable about how exoctizing and othering happens in the world of food as opposed to the art world?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When we talk about, like art that's in museums and intellectual property and cultural content, sometimes that's very inaccessible or just not as available as something like food, which is one of the most basic ways that we interact with and are introduced to cultures outside of our own. Food, generally, in comparison to other activities, is cheap. When I was doing more research about Trader Joe's marketing and marketing in general, using, you know, caricatures and exoticism to market food, I put the pieces together. I think that we can consider the internationally branded labels as being representative of a broader marketing tactic that employs that same exoticism, because the products are considered alternative to a Eurocentric cuisine that's perceived as the “normal”. The marketing is intended to allow a consumer who has relatively little economic capital but a lot of social capital to build up perceived sophistication, virtue, worldliness and knowledge through their engagement with food. And actually, Joe Coulombe who established the esthetics of the brand, he had a particular customer base in mind. He described his customers frequently, [as] over-educated, underpaid. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There's not necessarily anything wrong with engaging with cultures other than your own, and I think it's a good practice. But the irony here is that it's often in this context when it's marketed [as] exotic food, it's often at the expense of those very cultures that they're drawing from. Boxing out those same communities in their own neighborhoods, otherizing them. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It also romanticizes the ongoing effects of imperialism, which have been particularly profound and severe in the Pacific region when we're talking about tiki. Using tiki to hawk products to gain a profit [when] tiki often draws on religiously important motifs and in various specific cultures.It's not only in poor taste, but it's this example of rampant cultural appropriation that's gone unchecked for decades. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_138881\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 2445px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-138881\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/08/BrionesBedellPhoto.jpeg\" alt=\"Briones Bedell is confident her petition is engendering conversations around harmful stereotypical depictions of non-American cultures.\" width=\"2445\" height=\"2280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/08/BrionesBedellPhoto.jpeg 2445w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/08/BrionesBedellPhoto-800x746.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/08/BrionesBedellPhoto-1020x951.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/08/BrionesBedellPhoto-160x149.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/08/BrionesBedellPhoto-768x716.jpeg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/08/BrionesBedellPhoto-1536x1432.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/08/BrionesBedellPhoto-2048x1910.jpeg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/08/BrionesBedellPhoto-1920x1790.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2445px) 100vw, 2445px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Briones Bedell is confident her petition is engendering conversations around harmful stereotypical depictions of people and cultures across the globe. \u003ccite>(courtesy of Briones Bedell)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003ci> What do you think are the company’s intentions around this marketing, and how does it matter?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This has been a big point of contention within the discussion.How can you prove intent? I would say that I belong to the school of thought that says it doesn't necessarily matter what the intent was. I think ignorance lets the company say it didn't understand. Although I don't buy that this company didn't understand that these symbols would be inappropriate, offensive and even racist. We don't generally use ignorance as a free pass for the individual who's perpetuating racism in their personal lives. And so why should we apply this to a multi-billion dollar corporation who is putting out imagery and labels that perpetuate exoticism, romanticize imperialism? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trader Joe's, with the amount of revenue it pulls in, with the amount of different communities it serves, it has over 500 locations [in the nation], certainly could afford to and would do well to allocate more time and money to reviewing how their brand may perpetuate racial stereotypes and how they can rectify that. I think in this current moment in particular, there are people who have been reluctant to comment on race and the ramifications that it has on American citizens, are now entering that conversation. We're talking about issues of race much more openly than we ever have before. As a white person, I can say I know a lot of white people that were very reluctant to have frank conversations about race prior to even just this summer. I think in the light of recent events and a trend for years now [where] consumers are increasingly looking toward companies to support or align with their ethics and your personal philosophies, Trader Joe's would do well [to] really sharpen its message on diversity and inclusion to their loyal, almost cult like fan base. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003ci> What does a moment like this call for from where you sit with this petition?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since the petition has started, I’ve got a significant amount of backlash from a variety of different groups. People who tend to self identify as conservative have decried it as an example of cancel culture, oversensitivity or political correctness. Then people who identify themselves as on the left or liberal tend to say that this is diluting the real tangible impact of very measurable impacts of racism in other spheres.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">What I am incredibly unclear on and disappointed in is that [Trader Joe's] is waffling on their position. There's been an incredible amount of backlash [but] there's also been increasing support, and especially recently. And I'm just happy that is opening up a dialogue and again, continuing these discussions about race and ethnicity that we're having currently in the U.S. Racism at all levels, systemic racism particularly, can be addressed and weeded out. I think that Trader Joe's had an incredible opportunity to clarify their brand messaging and they speak so often about this [in] their PR statements about this welcoming and rewarding customer experience.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I think their incredible lack of clarity on this issue with the ethnically branded products reflects very poorly on the integrity for the company and their commitment to their stated goals for diversity and inclusion. In conjunction with the more recently discovered, culturally insensitive and racist caricatures being used to sell their goods as well as that Oklahoma bag with Trail of Tears on it, I think it necessitates deeper work and a closer look at policies and procedures internally as a company. Ultimately, at this point, my hope and our hope, the supporters, would be that Trader Joe’s will make a commitment again to those stated goals and take a firm stance on the necessity for cultural sensitivity, anti-racism and include that recognition that the continued perpetuating of imperialistic narratives in any form is harmful. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I've been very grateful to receive a lot of feedback on the petition, whether positive or negative, because I know that it's starting conversations more broadly. But I am unsettled by the amount of ignorance and misinformation out there regarding the problems associated with things like cultural appropriation [and] the need to protect cultural content. And if nothing else, I hope to continue that conversation and continue to get the word out. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003ci>Have you heard from Trader Joe’s personally throughout these past two months of doing this work?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I have not heard from Trader Joe's regarding the petition. The closest that I've gotten to that is that they reference the petition vaguely on their announcement on their website. But no, there's been no direct contact. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>In North Berkeley, generations of Sicilian cooking come together with local ingredients at \u003ca href=\"https://www.agrodolceberkeley.com/\">Agrodolce Osteria\u003c/a>. Featured on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/checkplease/20623\">first episode of this season's \u003cem>Check, Please! Bay Area Kids\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, the family-run restaurant transports diners to Palermo, where Chef Angelo D'Alo grew up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_137028\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-137028 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/04/Portrain-on-wall.jpg\" alt=\"Agrodolce Osteria family portrait\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/04/Portrain-on-wall.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/04/Portrain-on-wall-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Family portraits hang on the walls at North Berkeley's Agrodolce Osteria. \u003ccite>(Blake McHugh)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='bayareabites_136855,bayareabites_136716' label='More Recipes To Try']\u003cbr>\nAgrodolce, meaning sour and sweet, \u003ca href=\"https://www.agrodolceberkeley.com/\">offers take-out for pick up as well as delivery\u003c/a> every evening. The restaurant continues to offer the warmth of an old Italian home with a robust take-out menu including antipasti, an array of fresh pastas and mains and wine bottles for 50% off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Having learned everything about cooking from his mother, Angelo upholds the tradition by cooking with his own kids. He and his daughter shared their recipe for easy kid-friendly pasta. For an evening of family fun, grab a few pantry staples and gather in the heart of home, the kitchen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>To follow along, check out their video tutorial featured on \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kqedbayareabites/\">@kqedbayareabites\u003c/a>' Instagram Story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_137032\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 480px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-137032 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/04/kid-cooking-2.jpg\" alt=\"Agrodolce Osteria cooking at home\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/04/kid-cooking-2.jpg 480w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/04/kid-cooking-2-160x213.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chef Angelo and his daughter Valentina combine ingredients for their pasta while cooking at home.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Pasta al Burro Rosa\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Serves 4\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ingredients\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>1 lb pasta (any kind you prefer)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 stick of butter\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>3 tbsp tomato sauce or 1 tsp of tomato paste\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 cup grated parmigiano-reggiano\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 cup chicken stock\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1/2 tsp nutmeg\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Salt and pepper to taste\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>1. Cook the pasta according to instructions. Drain and set aside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2. While pasta is cooking, melt butter in large saute pan until liquefied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>3. Add chicken stock, salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Cook together for a minute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>4. Add cooked pasta, cheese, and tomato sauce/tomato paste. Cook for 15 to 20 seconds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>6. Garnish with more cheese. Buon appetito!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Check out the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/checkplease/20623/check-please-bay-area-kids-reviews-kura-revolving-sushi-agrodolce-osteria-burmatown\">Check, Please! Bay Area Kids episode\u003c/a> featuring \u003cstrong>Agrodolce Osteria\u003c/strong> as well as Japanese delights at Cupertino's \u003cb data-stringify-type=\"bold\">Kura Revolving Sushi\u003c/b> and Burmese-fusion at Corte Madera's tucked-away treasure \u003cb data-stringify-type=\"bold\">Burmatown\u003c/b>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite the coronavirus outbreak's disturbances to daily life, fresh fruits and vegetables are still making their way to farmers markets and community supported agriculture (CSA) boxes. S\u003c/span>ome national grocery store chains might be facing temporary shortages, but local food sources with shorter supply chains have stayed nimble and in demand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“[Last] Monday, we just started getting an influx of messages and emails asking if people could buy directly from us,” says Helena Sylvester, who runs \u003ca href=\"http://www.happyacrefarm.com/csa2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Happy Acre Farm\u003c/a> in Sunol along with her husband. “Our plan was to not start our CSA until June and only sell to restaurants until that happened.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sylvester's plans changed when the farm’s restaurant sales decreased, as many eateries closed their doors once California's shelter-in-place orders mandated take out-only service. “We decided to divert that produce to people instead,” she explains. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/B975U9HgYQt/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Today the family-owned and -operated farm supplies around 20 boxes a week on a first come, first served basis, and they can be picked up at the farm or a drop-off site in Oakland. Sylvester says the demand is much higher than when Happy Acre was only supplying to restaurants. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“[Farms] seem like they're either switching to a farm box or, if they already had one, creating more room in there for new members,” notes Sylvester, who has seen many other small farmers adjusting their business models in recent days. “And it seems like there's almost not enough farms for the demand. A lot of people have waiting lists going.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Berkeley’s\u003ca href=\"https://ecologycenter.org/fm/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Ecology Center\u003c/a>, which runs three farmers markets, is committed to keeping all of them open through the coronavirus crisis. In accordance with new guidelines from the California Department of Public Health, their markets, along with others throughout the Bay Area, have installed new safety measures, including stoppage on produce sampling, increased hand-washing and sanitizing stations and social distancing rules. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It's kind of above and beyond what you'd even see probably at a grocery store,” said Carle Brinkman, the food and farming program director at the Ecology Center. Brinkman explains that each farmer serves one customer at a time, and a designated person handles payment away from the produce.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_136585\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-136585\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/CUESAFerryBuilding_3_KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Social distancing guidelines and additional hand washing stations are one of the ways farmers markets like CUESA have adapted to the coronavirus pandemic. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1285\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/CUESAFerryBuilding_3_KQED.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/CUESAFerryBuilding_3_KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/CUESAFerryBuilding_3_KQED-800x535.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/CUESAFerryBuilding_3_KQED-768x514.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/CUESAFerryBuilding_3_KQED-1020x683.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Social distancing guidelines and additional hand washing stations are one of the ways farmers markets like CUESA have adapted to the coronavirus pandemic. \u003ccite>(CUESA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Customers are also asked to go into vendor areas one at a time and line up six feet apart as they wait to pay. “We're marking out those six-feet-apart spaces with either chalk or tape or cones to ensure the social distancing,” she says, adding that enforcing social distancing has proven to be the most challenging aspect so far. Ecology Center is also waiving all penalties for vendors who call in sick for the duration of the pandemic.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://cuesa.org/article/cuesa%E2%80%99s-guide-farmers-market-food-pickup-and-delivery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CUESA\u003c/a>, whose San Francisco Ferry Plaza Farmers Market remains open, is taking similar public health precautions. (CUESA’s Jack London Square Farmers Market is currently on hold through May 1o, and their Mission Community Market returns from winter hiatus on April 9.) \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Our priority is really to make sure that our community is well fed,” says Brie Mazurek, the communications director at CUESA. “There's so much amazing produce in California, so many family farms. We don't want to see any produce sitting in the fields right now when there are hungry people who need to eat.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mazurek noted that open-air farmers markets can easily adapt to social distance-friendly layouts. “There's a lot more room to walk around and maneuver and create space. Especially as some of our vendors have had to opt out,” she says. “It's also just a much shorter supply chain for people. In terms of how this food is getting from the field to the market. There are fewer hands handling it.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Though restaurant accounts have significantly dwindled, CUESA, Ecology Center and other farmers markets are sorting out how to effectively and safely get fresh produce and pantry items to the surge of people who are cooking at home. “Farmers markets and small and midsize farmers that sell there are poised for resiliency in that they can potentially pivot more quickly to a different business model,” says Brinkman. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The one thing that they're not set up for in terms of resiliency is federal funding,” she continues. “They're often forgotten because they're a smaller size slice of the pie.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_136583\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-136583\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/CUESAFerryBuilding_2_KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Many small farmers across the state depend on farmers markets and restaurants orders that have depleted since shelter-in-place was instituted.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1285\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/CUESAFerryBuilding_2_KQED.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/CUESAFerryBuilding_2_KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/CUESAFerryBuilding_2_KQED-800x535.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/CUESAFerryBuilding_2_KQED-768x514.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/CUESAFerryBuilding_2_KQED-1020x683.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Many small farmers across the state depend on farmers markets and restaurants orders that have depleted since shelter-in-place was instituted. \u003ccite>(CUESA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">On a local level, Ecology Center, a leading member of the California Alliance of Farmers Markets, is advocating that local officials keep farmers markets open as an essential service across California counties that have invoked stricter measures than the state. Farmers markets in Pleasanton and the Peninsula in the \u003ca href=\"https://pcfma.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pacific Coast Farmers Market Association\u003c/a> network have temporarily closed, for instance, while others in the South Bay recently reopened after a short hiatus. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“They're essential for the livelihood of farmers and really essential healthy food access points for the community,” explains Brinkman, emphasizing that CalFresh (formerly known as food stamps) customers rely on farmers markets for fresh produce. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Federal efforts are also underway by the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://farmersmarketcoalition.org/farmers-markets-covid19/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Farmers Market Coalition\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a national group that advocated that federal dollars from the stimulus package go to small and mid-sized farmers. The $2 trillion dollar bill, which the president signed into law, has \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/us/politics/coronavirus-stimulus-bill-farmers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$9.5 billion set aside\u003c/a> for “agricultural producers impacted by coronavirus, including producers of specialty crops, producers that supply local food systems, including farmers markets, restaurants, and schools, and livestock producers, including dairy producers.” Distribution of those funds remains to be seen. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“[Farms] seem like they're either switching to a farm box or, if they already had one, creating more room in there for new members,” notes Sylvester, who has seen many other small farmers adjusting their business models in recent days. “And it seems like there's almost not enough farms for the demand. A lot of people have waiting lists going.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Berkeley’s\u003ca href=\"https://ecologycenter.org/fm/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Ecology Center\u003c/a>, which runs three farmers markets, is committed to keeping all of them open through the coronavirus crisis. In accordance with new guidelines from the California Department of Public Health, their markets, along with others throughout the Bay Area, have installed new safety measures, including stoppage on produce sampling, increased hand-washing and sanitizing stations and social distancing rules. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It's kind of above and beyond what you'd even see probably at a grocery store,” said Carle Brinkman, the food and farming program director at the Ecology Center. Brinkman explains that each farmer serves one customer at a time, and a designated person handles payment away from the produce.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_136585\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-136585\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/CUESAFerryBuilding_3_KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Social distancing guidelines and additional hand washing stations are one of the ways farmers markets like CUESA have adapted to the coronavirus pandemic. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1285\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/CUESAFerryBuilding_3_KQED.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/CUESAFerryBuilding_3_KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/CUESAFerryBuilding_3_KQED-800x535.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/CUESAFerryBuilding_3_KQED-768x514.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/CUESAFerryBuilding_3_KQED-1020x683.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Social distancing guidelines and additional hand washing stations are one of the ways farmers markets like CUESA have adapted to the coronavirus pandemic. \u003ccite>(CUESA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Customers are also asked to go into vendor areas one at a time and line up six feet apart as they wait to pay. “We're marking out those six-feet-apart spaces with either chalk or tape or cones to ensure the social distancing,” she says, adding that enforcing social distancing has proven to be the most challenging aspect so far. Ecology Center is also waiving all penalties for vendors who call in sick for the duration of the pandemic.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://cuesa.org/article/cuesa%E2%80%99s-guide-farmers-market-food-pickup-and-delivery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CUESA\u003c/a>, whose San Francisco Ferry Plaza Farmers Market remains open, is taking similar public health precautions. (CUESA’s Jack London Square Farmers Market is currently on hold through May 1o, and their Mission Community Market returns from winter hiatus on April 9.) \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Our priority is really to make sure that our community is well fed,” says Brie Mazurek, the communications director at CUESA. “There's so much amazing produce in California, so many family farms. We don't want to see any produce sitting in the fields right now when there are hungry people who need to eat.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mazurek noted that open-air farmers markets can easily adapt to social distance-friendly layouts. “There's a lot more room to walk around and maneuver and create space. Especially as some of our vendors have had to opt out,” she says. “It's also just a much shorter supply chain for people. In terms of how this food is getting from the field to the market. There are fewer hands handling it.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Though restaurant accounts have significantly dwindled, CUESA, Ecology Center and other farmers markets are sorting out how to effectively and safely get fresh produce and pantry items to the surge of people who are cooking at home. “Farmers markets and small and midsize farmers that sell there are poised for resiliency in that they can potentially pivot more quickly to a different business model,” says Brinkman. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The one thing that they're not set up for in terms of resiliency is federal funding,” she continues. “They're often forgotten because they're a smaller size slice of the pie.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_136583\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-136583\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/CUESAFerryBuilding_2_KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Many small farmers across the state depend on farmers markets and restaurants orders that have depleted since shelter-in-place was instituted.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1285\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/CUESAFerryBuilding_2_KQED.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/CUESAFerryBuilding_2_KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/CUESAFerryBuilding_2_KQED-800x535.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/CUESAFerryBuilding_2_KQED-768x514.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/CUESAFerryBuilding_2_KQED-1020x683.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Many small farmers across the state depend on farmers markets and restaurants orders that have depleted since shelter-in-place was instituted. \u003ccite>(CUESA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">On a local level, Ecology Center, a leading member of the California Alliance of Farmers Markets, is advocating that local officials keep farmers markets open as an essential service across California counties that have invoked stricter measures than the state. 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"content": "\u003cp>Restaurant owners and workers across the Bay Area are contending with a new reality brought on by local recommendations around\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11805625/coronavirus-in-the-bay-area-your-questions-answered\"> COVID-19\u003c/a> containment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, they braced for fewer customers, fewer shifts and reduced tips. And in the coming week, they'll need to re-adjust once more as governor Gavin Newsom called for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11806871/newsom-calls-for-closure-of-all-bars-in-an-effort-to-increase-social-distancing\">closure of all bars, wineries and breweries\u003c/a> on Sunday. The governor also directed that restaurants limit their occupancy to 50% in order to promote social distancing and curb new infections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As inherently social, public-facing businesses, restaurants and bars stand to be impacted heavily by the economic repercussions of COVID-19's spread. The majority of their hourly workers are not protected by sick leave and other benefits. County and city-wide policies are also specifying Newsom’s directives with their own further restrictions, with Los Angeles limiting restaurants to take-out only.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last Thursday at Anula’s Cafe, a downtown Oakland breakfast and lunch favorite, owner and chef Anula Edirisinghe served up her salmon curry, a daily special from her Sri Lankan and West Indian menu. Inside of the bite-sized cafe, Edirisinghe employs one other person besides herself, and her daughter occasionally comes by the cafe to help as well. She said she had a particularly slow day last Tuesday and was hoping Thursday wouldn’t bring more of the same. “I usually make a day like four to five hundred, but that day [I made] like a hundred dollars,” she said. “It’s nothing.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Though Anula’s Cafe is mostly takeout, Edirisinghe will undoubtedly feel the ebbs and flows of her business, as she also pays rent at a commissary kitchen where the food is prepared. The chef remains optimistic—although less so about the prospect of the city of Oakland helping small business owners like herself. “You have to support small business. You have to support like a low income people, you know? And they only think about the stock market,” she said.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the city of Oakland has set up an \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/resources/coronavirus-2019-covid-19-business-and-worker-resources\">online resource page\u003c/a> for workers and small business owners outlining programs at federal, state and local levels. Significant among those is the state of California's\u003ca href=\"https://www.edd.ca.gov/about_edd/coronavirus-2019/faqs.htm\"> waiving of the one week, unpaid\u003c/a> waiting period for unemployment qualification. At the city level, Oakland is waiving penalties for business taxes that were due on March 1, 2020 by request.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_136432\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-136432\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/LSok_GardenHouse_Oakland-800x1067.jpeg\" alt=\"L Sok manages their family's lunchtime spot, Garden House, and is bracing for economic hardship under COVID-19. \" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/LSok_GardenHouse_Oakland-800x1067.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/LSok_GardenHouse_Oakland-160x213.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/LSok_GardenHouse_Oakland-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/LSok_GardenHouse_Oakland-1020x1360.jpeg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">L Sok manages their family's lunch time spot, Garden House, and is bracing for economic hardship under COVID-19. \u003ccite>(Bianca Taylor)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just a few blocks away, another lunch favorite open since 1991, Garden House, has braced for the possibilities of life under COVID-19. “The safety net is just the fact that I'm young and healthy and that if somebody needs to take time off for their own safety and their own health, that I would have to fill in,” shared L Sok, who works at Garden House alongside their two friends, their mother and their aunt. “I'm working with my elders here, [our] priority is to make sure that they're healthy and that they're not over here risking their lives to make an hourly wage,” Sok continued. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2014, Sok’s older sibling \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareabites/135968/life-after-pop-up-oaklands-lovelys-and-san-franciscos-chicano-nuevo-seek-permanence\">Terry Sok-Wolfson\u003c/a> bought the business for their mom, who had worked there since 1992. Adding to the financial pressure of running a restaurant is an extensive and costly renovation that forced a two-and-a-half-year closure of the eatery. Since reopening last fall, the revamped Garden House serves as a hub housing Aburaya’s takeout branch and a weekend and evening pop-up from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareabites/135485/hella-vegan-eats-is-reborn-in-oakland-as-gay-4-u\">Gay 4 U,\u003c/a> a vegan comfort food operation by Sofi Espice. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_136434\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-136434\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/GardenHouse_Oakland-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Last Thursday afternoon, Garden House in downtown Oakland looked to be business as usual, but under new restriction by Gov. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the city of Oakland has set up an \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/resources/coronavirus-2019-covid-19-business-and-worker-resources\">online resource page\u003c/a> for workers and small business owners outlining programs at federal, state and local levels. Significant among those is the state of California's\u003ca href=\"https://www.edd.ca.gov/about_edd/coronavirus-2019/faqs.htm\"> waiving of the one week, unpaid\u003c/a> waiting period for unemployment qualification. At the city level, Oakland is waiving penalties for business taxes that were due on March 1, 2020 by request.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_136432\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-136432\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/LSok_GardenHouse_Oakland-800x1067.jpeg\" alt=\"L Sok manages their family's lunchtime spot, Garden House, and is bracing for economic hardship under COVID-19. \" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/LSok_GardenHouse_Oakland-800x1067.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/LSok_GardenHouse_Oakland-160x213.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/LSok_GardenHouse_Oakland-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/LSok_GardenHouse_Oakland-1020x1360.jpeg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">L Sok manages their family's lunch time spot, Garden House, and is bracing for economic hardship under COVID-19. \u003ccite>(Bianca Taylor)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just a few blocks away, another lunch favorite open since 1991, Garden House, has braced for the possibilities of life under COVID-19. “The safety net is just the fact that I'm young and healthy and that if somebody needs to take time off for their own safety and their own health, that I would have to fill in,” shared L Sok, who works at Garden House alongside their two friends, their mother and their aunt. “I'm working with my elders here, [our] priority is to make sure that they're healthy and that they're not over here risking their lives to make an hourly wage,” Sok continued. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2014, Sok’s older sibling \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareabites/135968/life-after-pop-up-oaklands-lovelys-and-san-franciscos-chicano-nuevo-seek-permanence\">Terry Sok-Wolfson\u003c/a> bought the business for their mom, who had worked there since 1992. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sobremesaoak.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sobre Mesa\u003c/a>, a cocktail-forward lounge and restaurant from \u003ca href=\"https://www.alamaroakland.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">alaMar\u003c/a> chef-owner German Nelson, is now open for business in downtown Oakland. The space is decidedly not a bar: Nelson dubs it an \"Afro-Latin Lounge,\" and it delivers on the title. Sobre Mesa's pink-hued lights float above plenty of seating, including caramel, cushioned booths and a private alcove for bottle service, La Sala, which invite patrons to stay for a good time and a long time. Though there's no designated dance floor in the space, Nelson plans to have live bands and DJs on occasion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lush, dark green walls and tropical palms set the mood for a Caribbean-inspired cocktail menu, for which Nelson recruited Susan Eggett from San Francisco's Last Rites and Alex Maynard from Starline Social Club in Oakland. Sourcing from small batch brewers, Nelson explained why the backstory and tradition behind the spirits at Sobre Mesa matter to him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're trying to showcase more African American-owned distilleries,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To that end, you'll find \u003ca href=\"https://www.three-roll.com/\">Three Roll\u003c/a> rum from the Alma Estate in Louisiana and Los Angeles' \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/loftandbear/?hl=en\">loft & bear\u003c/a> vodka. Sobre Mesa also features the Patagonian spirit Träkál on its menu. Lesser known in the Bay Area, the South American drink is made using fruits and botanicals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_136419\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-136419\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/SobreMesa_overheadtapas_Thomas-Kuoh-Photography-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Though Sobre Mesa is cocktail-forward, it boasts a thoughtful food menu carrying on the African diasporic influences of its libations.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/SobreMesa_overheadtapas_Thomas-Kuoh-Photography-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/SobreMesa_overheadtapas_Thomas-Kuoh-Photography-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/SobreMesa_overheadtapas_Thomas-Kuoh-Photography-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2020/03/SobreMesa_overheadtapas_Thomas-Kuoh-Photography-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Though Sobre Mesa is cocktail-forward, it boasts a thoughtful food menu carrying on the African diasporic influences of its libations. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Sobre Mesa/Thomas Kuoh)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The food at Sobre Mesa plays off the cocktail menu, so expect small bites, tapas style, meant to prime guests for dinner or carry them over from a light one. As with the drinks, the food menu draws upon Nelson's Dominican roots as well as influences from across the African diaspora. White cheddar empanadas share space with stuffed platano maduro and Peri Peri wings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Oakland has really motivated me and educated me on that,\" said Nelson of how he's come to celebrate the connections and diversity among the African diaspora. \"Our music comes from there. Our food comes from there. Our style, our swag.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='checkplease_20398' label='Watch Chef Nelson and alaMar on Check Please!']\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We all have a piece of the motherland in us,\" he continued. \"This is why I want to do this.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patrons can expect to stay at Sobre Mesa as late as 2am on Fridays and Saturdays and until midnight on other nights as the team figures out demand.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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