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oyster mushroom farming in Gaza, resistance + a recipe from Laila El Haddad's Gaza Kitchen
I harvested my first batch of homegrown oyster mushrooms and cooked a Gazan recipe with them, learning about the resistance of Palestinian mushroom…
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Nylah Iqbal Muhammad
my first gardening WIN + a recipe for shakshouka
I finally had a gardening win — the tiniest mini bell pepper. I'll take it, but I still wish I didn't constantly have failure hanging over me.
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Nylah Iqbal Muhammad
the genocide has come to the West Bank + recipe for plum olive oil cake with olive oil from 'Arura, Palestine
The genocide has come to the West Bank, the genocide was always in the West Bank, the genocide has spread its rot to us all, the genocide is…
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Nylah Iqbal Muhammad
Paw Paw and Mango Bread with Strawberry Glaze – farmer's market Sundays
I almost let $15 of fruit go to waste... when that happens... make bread. And this was INCREDIBLE.
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Nylah Iqbal Muhammad
Charity Blanchett talks Akutaq and Black Alaskan Native Foodways
Making "Eskimo" ice cream, or Akutaq, and an interview with Charity Qalutaq Blanchett, a Yup’ik and Black woman, and founder of The Dipping Spoon.
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farmer's market sundays + ground cherry chutney recipe
A new fruit at the farmer's market combined with a samosa craving had me dying to make chutney. But the reality of making samosas hit me hard, forcing a…
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Nylah Iqbal Muhammad
all my secrets are in this essay + recipe for a classic train steak dinner
The best meal on Amtrak is steak. This too-personal essay isn't about Amtrak or steak. It's about memory, loss, genocide, rage, holiness, and the…
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Nylah Iqbal Muhammad
farmer's market sundays – sorrel salad with squash blossoms and pan-fried walleye w/ oranges
A free preview of my new Sunday Farmer's Market series, where I find cool ingredients and make stuff.
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recipe for crispy gnocchi w/ (wild??) mushrooms and kale + unethical mushroom foraging
This recipe was one of the best things I ever made. But were the mushrooms ethical? I spoke to Mead Taylor of Chicago Mushroom Club to find out!
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Nylah Iqbal Muhammad
nara smith, our Latter Days + elderberry & hibiscus juice recipe
The Mormon influencer's content was always about the end of the world — the Latter Days. The scandal of her allegedly copying content from a South…
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Nylah Iqbal Muhammad
Bangladesh, Rebel Students and Artists + Ilish and Bhindi recipes
As Bangladeshis hauled ilish fish out of the residence of the dictator they ousted, I cooked my friend's Bengali hilsa + bhindi (okra) recipes and…
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Nylah Iqbal Muhammad
squash blossom and onion pakora recipe + my first gardening failure
I had to throw away my zucchini plant and use the baby zucchini and squash blossoms right away. As I cooked, I thought about all the ways everything I…
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Nylah Iqbal Muhammad
falafel is never just falafel – who made that choice?
cooking a falafel recipe from Laila el- Haddad's "The Gaza Kitchen," and reflecting on food, cultural theft, power, and genocide.
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Nylah Iqbal Muhammad
purple plates + my lifelong obsession with the apocalypse
When I was a child my favorite color was purple and my biggest fear was the apocalypse. Even though no one told me, I knew I was living in it already.
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Nylah Iqbal Muhammad
Yum, Coconut Milk
Yum, Coconut Milk
James Beard award nominated writer. I create recipes, and write stories about food and the end of the world.
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