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Print Reem Kassis thought for sure she was a one-and-done cookbook author. In 2017 Phaidon published “The Palestinian Table,” written so Kassis could codify her family recipes and help preserve — or “safeguard,” a word she uses often — an everyday aspect of her cultural heritage. Newsletter Get our weekly Tasting Notes newsletter for reviews, news and more. Enter email address You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. The questions posed to her during interviews for the book surprised and interested her, though. People wanted to know the ...

The YA novel Like Home tells the story of a teen named Chinelo, Nelo for short. Her best friend is Kate and life is good. Nelo's family owns a convenience store in a popular neighbourhood known as Ginger East. But when the store is vandalized and police get involved, Nelo is emotionally affected and her relationship with her friends and family change forever.  Like Home is for ages 14 and up. Louisa Onomé is a Nigerian Canadian living in Toronto. Fresh Air9:57How growing up in Mississauga inspired a new YA novel about community and the challenges of gentrificationLouisa Onomé speaks a...

As an Asian American, I Cannot Outrun Racism I was verbally assaulted by a white woman while out for a run. It's damaged my sense of running as a safe space. By Jinghuan Liu Tervalon / Photography by Alexis Hunley Apr 8, 2021 Alexis Hunley “You sweaty pig! Put a mask on!” I heard those words during a Tuesday morning run in my neighborhood in Altadena, California. With my mask already on, I moved farther away from a white woman walking a dog. Yet she did not stop. “You’re disgusting! Get the f--- out of my street!” I was already on the other side of the street, w...

SMC Presents Free Live Literary Talks & Readings this Spring Feb. 13, 2021 at 5:00 am 2 months agobriefs Santa Monica College (SMC) is pleased to continue its Literary Talks & Readings series featuring a noteworthy spectrum of writers reading from and discussing their works. The ongoing series opens its spring season on February 23. All presentations in the series are free, and will be held online as live virtual events. A Zoom link to each talk will be posted with the listing on the SMC Events calendar at smc.edu/calendar. To attend the events, the Zoom software must be installed on the view...

Enter email address You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. I can no longer smell cigarette smoke, feces or garlic. It’s not that the odors are gone entirely — I still smell something, but it’s an amorphous and earthy scent, indistinct from any particular thing. One could argue that these were pretty lucky losses, as far as olfactory disappearances go. Though I do find myself obsessively checking the bottoms of my shoes every time I return from a walk. Advertisement Anosmia, or the complete loss of smell, has become one of the hallmark sym...