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Why We Need To Stop Labeling Asian-Latinx Food As “Fusion” Refinery29 2 hrs ago Niki Nakazawa
As the daughter of a Japanese-American father and Uruguayan mother, growing up in the predominantly white suburbs of Boston, I was often put in the position of explaining myself. Among my teachers and peers, I was considered a “cultural curiosity.” I was subject to chauvinist assumptions about my background, the foods I ate at home, and my personal interests. In reality, I was raised eating a hodgepodge of cuisines, including my Japanese-American grandmother’s fruit salad with supremed grapefruit, canned mandarin oranges, and maraschino cherries, and my Uruguayan grandmother’s steak milanesas and tortilla de papas. How all of these foods ended up on my dinner table is not straightforward and provides a window into my family members’ particular tastes. At the same time, it speaks to our shared experiences of the diaspora, migration, and cultural history. I
The month of April is nearly over. After the devastating freeze in February, Houston has seen even more unusual weather with cooler-than-normal temperatures and a mix of wind, storms and dry spells through the past two months. However, a look around the Bayou City s neighborhoods shows the resiliency of nature as roses burst into bloom, refreshed by the dormancy that Houston weather rarely allows. We missed out on our annual azalea show but the wildflowers were happy this year. And the Sago Palms around town are coming back in phallic glory.
This past weekend was spectacular weather-wise with bountiful sunshine and low humidity. It s days like these that make Houstonians forget the sweltering months to come. And our gardens are loving the weather as well. It s tempting to sit back on a restaurant patio sipping a margarita or lounge lazily in the backyard with an iced tea but our plant pals need a little attention as the month of May begins. A few hours spent laying down some mulch a
Friday Five: the week s top news This week s main hospitality news stories include Albert Adrià closing nearly all his Barcelona restaurants, operators struggling with inconsistent enforcement of outdoor trading rules, and Bar Crispin opening in Soho.
- Barcelona-based chef Albert Adrià
has closed nearly all of his restaurants in Barcelona citing the city’s pandemic-related restrictions. Hoja Santa, Pakta, Bodega 1900 and the hugely influential Tickets will cease trading, leaving only his most ambitious restaurant, Enigma, open. Adrià is one of the world’s most influential chefs, playing a key role at El Bulli before stepping out of his brother Ferran’s shadow in 2011 to open Tickets. Styled on a cinema and arranged into zones, The Poble Sec venue rewrote the rulebook on top-end dining, managing to be fun and accessible while still serving innovative, world-class food. Adrià s London restaurant, Cakes & Bubbles, is not affected, and
Barcelona-based chef Albert Adrià has closed nearly all of his restaurants in Barcelona citing the city’s pandemic-related restrictions.
Hoja Santa, Pakta, Bodega 1900 and the hugely influential Tickets will cease trading leaving only his most ambitious restaurant, Enigma, open.
Adrià is one of the world’s most influential chefs, playing a key role at El Bulli before stepping out of his brother Ferran’s shadow in 2011 to open Tickets.
Styled on a cinema and arranged into zones, The Poble Sec venue rewrote the rulebook on top-end dining, managing to be fun and accessible while still serving innovative, world-class food.
Tickets was