Robots cook your food at this experimental new N.J. restaurant
Updated Apr 29, 2021;
Posted Apr 29, 2021
Komodo Chinese Cuisine in Brick, which recently opened, is using robots in its kitchen. (Jeremy Schneider | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)
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The futuristic machine’s lid automatically lowers and locks in place.
The contraption, which looks like a cross between a food processor and a frying pan, begins to spin and whirr think a washing machine gearing up for its spin cycle. But it’s not cleaning clothes. It’s getting ready to cook.
Soon the top opens and a side compartment filled with a thick brown sauce is catapulted into the pan. Thirty seconds after, a container of fried chicken to be launched into the fray. Steam begins to rise from the lid vents.
As the number of asylum seekers at Arizonaâs southern border increases, so too does the number of buses dropping off migrants at International Rescue Committee community shelters in Phoenix.
Every day this year, between 75 and 150 asylum seekers have arrived in the Phoenix area, according to Stanford Prescott, community engagement coordinator for IRC in Arizona.
These arrivals have already gone through some initial processing with federal immigration officials and have been granted the opportunity to have their case heard before a judge. But they are on their own while they wait.
Often, they donât even know where they are when they get off the bus, Prescott said, and must find a way to travel to friends or family while they await a court hearing.
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Outdoor dining plazas are back. See which N.J. towns are closing streets again.
Updated 12:23 PM;
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The outdoor dining scene in Red Bank last summer, where blocked off streets gave the city a block party feel. (Bobby Olivier | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)
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When the COVID-19 pandemic made indoor dining impossible in 2020, outdoor dining became crucial to keeping the food and dining industry alive. As restaurants looked to expand al fresco, towns and cities around New Jersey found a way to get them more space: blocking off streets to create pedestrian walkways.
The result was one of the few silver linings of the pandemic. Downtowns took on block party vibes. Streets once filled with cars were now lined with tables and customers. Floundering restaurants were given a much-needed life raft.
Temple Kol Ami just hired its second cantor in the synagogueâs history. More than 30 years ago, TKAâs first cantor served only a few months.
Now, due to TKAâs significant growth over the last 10 years, Rabbi Jeremy Schneider said he needs another ordained clergy member âto serve the congregationâs needs and programs and give me the support I need to serve 400 families.â
Cantor Rita Glassman, currently the interim cantor at Congregation Rodeph Shalom in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, starts July 1 and will serve as interim cantor for a year.
Hiring an interim cantor with a tremendous amount of experience and knowledge was key, said Schneider.