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Oscar Rogel
Measuring the nature and impact of the informal economy is difficult due to the lack of a common understanding of its meaning.
Noriko Kamei enjoying sake | Still from "The Migrant Kitchen" Sequoia Sake
Unlike wine, sake is best consumed fresh. The freshest sake you could arguably get your hands on is namazake or unpasteurized sake. Here's where to find it in Los Angeles.
Larb Hotspots
Larb is a versatile Thai minced meat salad with many spellings, many ingredients and many fans.  
Pla Gra-taem (Garlic Fish) from Chao Krung | Courtesy of Chao Krung
While Los Angeles’ Thai Town may be diminutive in size, only occupying a half-mile stretch in East Hollywood, its existence has been symbolic and influential in Thai culture on a much grander scale, locally and transnationally.
Lamees Dahbour and her family in La Cocina | Jim Sullivan
Since it opened in 2005, La Cocina has grown 35 food businesses. This incubator kitchen gives mostly women, immigrants, moms and refugees a chance to succeed as a food entrepreneur in a highly competitive and male-dominated industry.
A dish made by Lamees Dahbour | Jim Sullivan
Lamees Dahbour and Reem Assil are redefining their cuisine and culture, and serving up a message of understanding and acceptance.
Mister Jiu's Waverly entrance | Courtesy of Mister Jiu's featured
Much of the restaurants in SF’s original Chinatown suffer from touristy mediocrity, but Chinatown’s deep community knows the neighborhood’s narrow streets contain a wealth of under-the-radar Chinese delicacies and flavors.
A Peking Duck dish at Mr. Jiu's | Antonio Diaz for hotspot
A dish with a royal lineage and a history spanning more than 400 years, Peking duck has inspired chefs, movie stars and poets. Learn more about this distinctively Chinese delicacy.
Roast duck hanging from a shop | Rebeca Anchondo via Flickr
San Francisco's Chinatown has changed drastically over the decades. Writer Edmund Wong takes a stroll down memory lane, through the small alleys and into the kitchens of the Chinatown of his childhood.
Hands making taco | Jim Sullivan TMKs3
At El Jardín, Chef Claudette Zepeda-Wilkins pays homage to her Mexican heritage by making use of ingredients and recipes sourced from women who cook at home across Mexico.
A portion of the "Detroit Industry" murals by Diego Rivera that adorn the walls of Rivera Court at the Detroit Institute of Arts | ashleystreet/Creative Commons
How are ideas about design, art, the global economy and urban planning tied to the concept of work? UCLA professors Willem Henri Lucas, Catherine Opie, Alfred Osborne and Abel Valenzuela discuss "What is Work?"
Three Sequoia sake glasses | Still from "The Migrant Kitchen" Sequoia Sake
Jake Myrick and Noriko Kamei’s product is not the latest digital industry disruptor, it’s the 2,000-year-old traditional fermented rice brew of Japan, sake.
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