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Feast on Sushi, Steak, and Globalization at Iraq’s American-Themed Buffet

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Fatimah Fadhil The steak house section. Inspired by a Florida Golden Corral, developed in the Netherlands, and imported to Kurdistan, ABC Restaurant features an assortment of global cuisines all filtered through the semi-autonomous region’s relationship with the U.S. Parents laugh, whipping out phones to capture the moment.

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There Really Is No Ethical Restaurant Under Capitalism

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In the back of the house, dishwashers, bussers, and cooks are often paid the minimum wage, while in the front of the house, in most U.S. Building an equitable restaurant — where all workers are paid fairly, have benefits, and work without discrimination — will require undoing the way most restaurants are run.

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Khushbu Shah’s ‘Amrikan’ Celebrates the Art of Adaptation

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The non-Indian officers, seeing a 5-foot-tall brown woman in a sari nearly weeping in front of them, flusteredly obliged. Come visit my parents’ house any day of the week and I guarantee you’ll find a sunshine-yellow box of Bisquick,” she writes; her mother found it was a suitable substitute for khoya, a key ingredient in gulab jamun.

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New & Notable: TEAM Schostak Celebrates 40, AI in Food Service and Beachy Tech

Modern Restaurant Management

New & Notable spotlights the latest news restaurateurs need to know. TEAM Schostak Family Celebrates Anniversary and Employees. TEAM Schostak Family Restaurants (TSFR) is celebrating its 40th anniversary along with the anniversaries of employees that have been with the company for 20 years or more.

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Khushbu Shah’s ‘Amrikan’ Celebrates the Art of Adaptation

EATER

The non-Indian officers, seeing a 5-foot-tall brown woman in a sari nearly weeping in front of them, flusteredly obliged. Come visit my parents’ house any day of the week and I guarantee you’ll find a sunshine-yellow box of Bisquick,” she writes; her mother found it was a suitable substitute for khoya, a key ingredient in gulab jamun.

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‘Manifold Destiny’ Is the Apotheosis of Dude Cooking

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As anyone who reads this website has surely figured out by now, there are many kinds of cooking. There’s cooking as a job to pay the bills; cooking as a way to impress friends , loved ones, and TikTok; cooking to create a connection to the past and long-lost ancestors and homelands. Some even cook when the spirit moves them, because it is fun.

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Nasim Alikhani Is Leaving Her Mark

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The nomination was another feather in her cap in a year front-loaded with milestones: Earlier this spring, she cooked at the White House’s celebration of the Persian New Year, Nowruz ; later this month, her debut cookbook, Sofreh: A Contemporary Approach to Classic Persian Cuisine , co-written with Theresa Gambacorta, is out from Knopf.