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rachna purpose, Food-Lover
New York, New York
About me
Co-Founder of Foodstand. Lover of spices, bubbles, sunshine, brunch parties, & dance breaks. Sharing seasonal Indian experiments, good food finds, and incredible stories from NY and Detroit
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Thefoodstand.comAmerican tipping is rooted in slavery—and it still hurts workers today / Ford Foundation
www.fordfoundation.org
"The origins of tipping in America are rooted in slavery" this is a comprehensive report by the ford foundation, and a perfect follow up to our #FoodBookandFilm discussion about Food Chains.
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unconventionalbaker Hmmm... interesting! :) I actually feel like tipping is a rather unfair practice all around.
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DietID_TeamDietitians Definitely @unconventionalbaker America is the only industrialized nation that still@has tipping
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unconventionalbaker @rachna we still tip here too in Canada.
Dinner Lab shuts down after failing to find a sustainable business model | TechCrunch
techcrunch.com
So sad to see this #foodventure news
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unconventionalbaker I've never heard of them, but that's too bad.
Had the chance to learn about Greenwave - an incredible kelp farming company - building the electric car of the culinary world
This is a pretty remarkable open source project - with $30k, 20 acres, and a boat, you can be up and running in a year. This biodiverse approach to sea farming is unlocking an incredible source of ...
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MargaretG Yes!! So fun to share an evening of kelp and climate change solutions with you! @Rachna
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DietID_TeamDietitians And if case you were wondering, it tasted damn good. I even asked @BlueApron if they would carry kelp. Hopefully we see it in a box soon!
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unconventionalbaker Wow. Pretty neat!
Shoutout to some awesome new good food makers and change makers. who just joined! @michaela @thefoodbusinessschool @katekep
Show some love!
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katekep @Rachna loved hearing you present at Foundermade! excited to start getting involved here :)
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DietID_TeamDietitians Ah welcome @katekep! Hope we can officially meet in person soon :)
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sugardetoxme Welcome @katekep @michaela and @thefoodbusinessschool
Love this - Restaurant Minds the Pay Gap by Charging Women 79 Cents on the Dollar via @eater
eater.com
It's equal pay day, but we haven't made much progress so this NH cafe uses checkout to educate customers. Not that this moves the needle, but it does raise awareness
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annefood At first I thought they did this everyday, which would have been awesome. And the equipay app!
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DietID_TeamDietitians Yea I know I was thinking when we can go on a road trip! But alas just one day :)
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jodavis I saw a few other restaurants/bakeries doing this same thing! Love it.
Why Hunting Down 'Authentic Ethnic Food' Is A Loaded Proposition- price of ethnic food is tied to our view of that ethnicity's place. Agree?
npr.org
Great piece about Krishnendu Ray's new book. In terms of price correlation to an ethnicity's place in the world, I think price is also driven by new immigrants of that ethnicity not wanting to pay ...
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garv Interesting point of view ! Every so called ethnic cuisine that travels to foreign lands evolves from being cooked to satiate that expat community's cravings to becoming an accepted / sought after...
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DietID_TeamDietitians @garv such an important trajectory to understand. I also find it interesting that even once an ethnic cuisine becomes mainstream in a foreign land and adapted to that flavor palette, there is still...
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garv @Rachna couldn't agree more. That's the beauty of f&b , there's room for innovation & respect for authenticity!
Apr
8
Will you be at the food+enterprise summit? Stop in and say hi at the Meet and Eat marketplace - we are doing chai!
630 Flushing Ave
Also will be cohosting the pitch fest, featuring several spotlight alumni including @RahimDiallo @liddabitsweets
Apr
17
BUGS | 2016 Tribeca Film Festival
tribecafilm.com
"Head Chef Ben Reade and Lead Researcher Josh Evans from Nordic Food Lab are on a mission to investigate the next big trend in food: edible insects. Filmmaker Andreas Johnsen follows the duo on a g...
We had the chance to the share the story of this community at the FounderMade pitch competition, and we won!!!
The judges commented on how vital a community of eaters and makers is to a better food future, and how small learnings like we do here every day can really be helpful! So... Congrats all! This is a...
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palaknyc You rocked it @Rachna
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sugardetoxme I don't know what you said but the judge in the middle is laughing so hard. Maybe the miss America comment, 😂
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DietID_TeamDietitians ha! Yes - the bouquet hand-over was kind of adorable.
This Visionary is Helping Hospitals Take Food Seriously | Civil Eats
civileats.com
So happy to see this type of stuff getting coverage - we need more institutions, especially health institutions, making changes to support better health. Seems like a no brainer, but this is hard w...
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ibikeforfood Thanks Rachna!!