Meet the inspiring leaders using food to challenge conventions, empower their communities, and make positive change.
America’s food culture is at a turning point. Pandemic-related shutdowns proved just how fragile the restaurant ecosystem has always been, while last summer’s protests put a spotlight on the work still needed to dismantle white supremacy in all aspects of American life, especially in an industry built on a history of racism and inequity. And addressing hunger, an everyday reality for millions of Americans, became even more urgent as food banks struggled to keep up with the overwhelming need due to the pandemic’s devastation of the economy.
28 Jan 2021
Vox and some other fascist, far-left media outlets are hoping to blacklist Cara Dumaplin, a Mommy Blogger, for her and her husband’s donations to President Trump, which amounted to around $2,000.
In other news … there are Mommy Bloggers.
Phoenix-based Dumaplin has run an online company called Taking Cara Babies since 2013. She enjoys 1.3 million Instagram followers and appears to specialize in helping new mothers get their babies to sleep. Have these new mothers never heard of whiskey?
According to her biography, Dumaplin is a “mom of four, neonatal nurse, wife of a pediatrician, and a certified pediatric sleep consultant.” She’s also enjoyed a presence on such mainstream outlets as
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Finding out that an Instagram influencer you love holds a wildly different worldview than you do can often feel weirdly personal. Take Arielle Charnas, an OG fashion blogger at Something Navy, who just as the pandemic was sweeping New York City, announced to her more than 1 million Instagram followers that she’d pulled strings to get a Covid-19 test, was positive, then moved to the Hamptons with her family and nanny without quarantining first. Predictably, fans were furious.
Now imagine that the disappointing influencer had not only impacted your style or home decor but some of the most intimate decisions of your life, someone who you’d turned to for advice on motherhood, pregnancy, or postpartum depression. That’s what happened to thousands of moms on the internet last week when baby sleep expert Cara Dumaplin, known by her (admittedly brilliant) nom de plume Taking Cara Babies and her Instagr
Innovative Pivots and Ideas From This Year That LA Restaurants Could Adopt in 2021
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2020 will be the year that upended the restaurant industry. It’s difficult to talk about the year in review when everything changed, when people and businesses suffered during the pandemic. In light of the challenging year for everyone in Los Angeles, we asked food writers and industry folks about innovative ideas or pivots restaurants made in 2020 that they hope can continue in 2021.
Mona Holmes, Eater LA Reporter
In a city where we average 284 days of sunshine, why did it take a pandemic to ease restrictions, applications, and fees surrounding outdoor dining? The mayor’s al fresco program gave a green light to this type of dining experience, and it should become permanent for Los Angeles. Witnessing so much outdoor seating throughout the city (when it was still allowed) was a refreshing sight that we must see more of on a permanent basis.
LA Dining Experts Discuss Their Biggest Hopes for the Restaurant Industry in 2021
From financial assistance to a more balanced approach to operations
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2020 will be the year that upended the restaurant industry. It’s difficult to talk about the year in review when everything changed, when people and businesses suffered during the pandemic. In light of the challenging year for everyone in Los Angeles, we asked food writers and industry folks share their biggest hopes for the city’s restaurant industry in 2021.
Mona Holmes, Eater LA Reporter
That we take a long look at the things and structures that do not work throughout the industry. It’s time for a change from top to bottom.