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also floored/fascinated that it took this long for banh mi to be added to merriam-webster (the oed added it back in 2011!!)

🚨✨California's AB257 could raise minimum wage for fast food workers to $22. gov signed law last week. then opponents immediately launched plan to block it. wrote on how AB257 would work, potential impact & what happens next w/ referendum to overturn it latimes.com/business/story…

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📣 CALL-OUT: As our classic Mexican stories were being polished, I knew readers were going to say, What about *this one? We identified literally 100s of spots. So we made this form — tell us what we missed! — and have already received dozens of replies 🥰 form.jotform.com/222554536228053

‘When you turn and look back down the years, you glimpse the ghosts of other lives you might have led; all houses are haunted.’ Hilary Mantel wrote many wonderful pieces for the LRB and we’d hoped she’d write many more: lrb.co.uk/contributors/h…

🥳 BREAKING NEWS: #SB972 was signed by Gavin Newsom !🎉 We are so grateful to all of the vendors, advocates, and activists who worked hard to make this happen!

Gov. Newsom has signed #AB2183. Sí, se puede.

PLEASE CAN ALL BEST/ESSENTIAL/MOST/WHATEVER FOOD LISTS BE LIKE THIS rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-m…

this is awesome!

lunar new year is a few weeks away which means it'll be time to make banh chung which means it'll be time for BANH CHUNG COLLECTIVE 2023 YEAR OF THE CAT!! 🐈 this year's event will be on 01/14/23 + we're back in person at alma backyard farms — tickets! eventbrite.com/e/banh-chung-c…

Omg realized #LunarNewYear is on January 22nd!! 🙀🐰

wrote about noma, the very specific way media allows empire rulers to hide their wealth, being bummed about chef worship, plus other food + labor news 🙃 tien.ghost.io/january-2023/