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My Mom's Recipes Don't Have Measurements — And That's Where I Had to Start

My Mom's Recipes Don't Have Measurements — And That's Where I Had to Start

Growing up between two kitchens — one that smelled like seven-spice and rose water, the other like whatever was on sale at Kroger — taught a generation of Arab American kids that food was never just food. Now they're cooking through the contradiction, and something new is coming out of it.

These Muslim-Owned Restaurants Are Changing the Way America Eats

These Muslim-Owned Restaurants Are Changing the Way America Eats

From a Lebanese-Mexican fusion spot in Los Angeles to a Senegalese soul food kitchen in Atlanta, Muslim American restaurateurs are cooking up something the food world hasn't seen before. These five spots aren't just serving great meals — they're telling stories one plate at a time.