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New Publication: Promoting Health Equity through Innovative Collaborations with Restaurants
We are proud to be sharing this new publication from our project director, Prof. Melissa Fuster, as part of a Frontiers in Public Health Special Collection, Experts’ opinions in public health and nutrition: emerging issues in the field. This opinion piece presents ongoing culinary innovations, particularly within Latin American restaurants which signifies that community restaurants…
Design Thinking Breakfast at Fritai
Last week, we had our first community engagement event in New Orleans: a design thinking breakfast! These events are hosted by Tulane University’s Taylor Center, as informal and playful community-building spaces for experimenting with design, design thinking, and related methods for social impact. We spent the morning at Fritai, a Haitian restaurant located in the…
La Lonchería: Highlighting Nutritious Foods in Contemporary Mexican Cuisine
La Lonchería, a lively sit-down restaurant in Bushwick, Brooklyn, is a site for community gatherings and connections with Mexico. The owners, Oscar Leon Bernal and Chef Danny Mena, are Mexican natives who strive to bring their country’s contemporary cuisine to the table and change the narrative of Mexican food as unhealthy, greasy dishes loaded with…
Que Chevere: Innovative Seasonal Veggie Adaptations to Puerto Rican Cuisine
Que Chevere brings the Lower East Side community together to enjoy classic Puerto Rican cuisine. The owner, Mike Petrovitch, opened the restaurant back in 2018 as a homage to his Puerto Rican Heritage and to bring Autism Awareness to his community to honor his son and grandson. As a true Latin American Restaurant in Action,…
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