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But what if some of these very issues could be solved by creative ways of using digital technology in schools?
“For At-Risk Youth, is Learning Digital Media a Luxury?”
Home Cooking: Middle Eastern Italian Food
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Does it matter if the tomato sauce recipe was developed by an Italian?
Friday’s post “What Makes a Restaurant Authentic?“, in which I interviewed chefs hailing from countries other than the cuisine they prepare, held a particular resonance with me. I’m Iranian-American, and my family owns an Italian restaurant.
How in the world did that happen? Not much differently than it happened for the other restaurant proprietors I profiled: my father arrived in the U.S., put himself through school by working at Italian-owned restaurants and he paid attention to what worked and what didn’t. He developed his own sauce recipe and, taking a risk, opened his own restaurant.
Tasty Morning Bytes — Gardens, Condos and H Street Changes
Community Garden Planned at Dunbar Apartments on U Street Seniors living in the Dunbar apartments off of U Street will get fresh produce from a garden that is also meant to help foster interaction between the seniors and nearby residents. (Borderstan)
H Street corridor: A work in progress The redevelopment of H Street started with nightlife and restaurants, but other businesses are following. Meanwhile, some longtime businesses have struggled to stay open. (The Washington Post)
Jose Antonio Vargas Has Driver’s License Revoked Ex-journalist Jose Antonio Vargas came out as an undocumented immigrant this summer. Now, officials have revoked his license, one of his only forms of U.S. identification. (Colorlines)
FCP Plans Condos on Adams Morgan Infill Site More condos are coming to D.C. Construction may start in 2012, and the units could cost upwards of $500,000. (DCmud)
36 hours in Washington, D.C. A travel writer from New Jersey proclaims, “I have seen gentrification and its name is U Street.”(NorthJersey.com)
“When parents don’t approve of your interracial relationship”
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- Via: @Multi_American
Upset as she was, Farr remembered the rules imposed by her own Irish-Italian parents, who had once forbidden her from dating anyone who was black or Puerto Rican. And many of her friends’ parents, she later learned, had also imposed similar rules on their children…
Farr: “Even though Seung and so many people I talked to didn’t agree or support the parents’ narrow-minded boundaries, they didn’t bother to fight them on this. Sometimes out of fear, often out of respect and even more often waiting to see if they absolutely had to, which is when Seung did.”
Unemployment Up In D.C.
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The latest job numbers are out today, and it’s not looking good for the District: the June unemployment rate rose by 0.6 percent.
Unemployment citywide was 10.4 percent in June, higher than nearby states. Maryland’s June rate was 8 percent, while Virginia’s was 6 percent. Nationally, unemployment is 9.2 percent.
Even as the citywide rate increases, the rate remains quite low in some neighborhoods. In Ward 3, the May unadjusted unemployment rate was almost 3 percent. But it was as high as nearly 25 percent in wards east of the Anacostia River, according to the D.C. Office of Labor Market Research and Information.
“Ward 7 ‘Food Desert’ Gets Its Own Farmers Market”
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What Makes a Restaurant Authentic?
Hungarians preparing Japanese dishes; Koreans serving Eastern European fare; Salvadorans making kabobs –a number of D.C. chefs and restaurant owners serve cuisine from countries far from their motherlands. Some to great acclaim.
But is the food authentic? Does it even matter?
“There are two kinds of music: Good music, and the other kind.” – Duke EllingtonWashingtonian food critic Todd Kliman answers with a Duke Ellington quote: “There are two kinds of music: good music, and the other kind.”
“Is it desirable [for food] to be authentic? It depends on who you ask,” Kliman says. “Some people say ‘Yes.’ Others say, ‘It doesn’t matter as long as the food is delicious.’”
Tasty Morning Bytes — Mumbo Sauce History, Suburban Families and Foreclosures
The mysteries of mumbo sauce Did mumbo sauce exist before the proliferation of Asian carry-out joints in the District? Maybe! (The Washington Post)
Encouraging healthy eating habits in new ways Living around grocery stores doesn’t mean you’ll eat healthier; this, we know. But what to do? Social media recipe sharing and instructions in supermarkets could help. (Susie’s Budget and Policy Corner)
Nuclear family at home in Virginia The percentage of families made up of married couples with children is higher in Northern Virginia than elsewhere in the state. Experts say high numbers of Asian Americans and Hispanics in Washington suburbs is one explanation. (The Washington Post)
Ethnic suburbs can isolate residents White suburbia may be a thing of the past, particularly in the D.C. region. (Washington Examiner)
Foreclosures Mount, Mediation Efforts Fail — Nation’s Wealthiest Black Suburb Points the Way New laws to help protect homeowners from foreclosure have been met with little success, particularly in hard-hit Prince George’s, a majority-black county. (New America Media)
Photo: Survival in D.C.
This message was etched into a sidewalk near 9th and H streets NW in Chinatown, an increasingly pricey neighborhood.
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- Via: Jenn Verrier
DCentric Picks: Mixed-Race America
What: A panel discussion, “Portraits and Interviews of Mixed-Race America.”
When: 7 p.m., Thursday.
Where: Natural History Museum, Baird Auditorium (10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW).
Cost: Free.
Why you should go: The question “What are you?” is complicated to answer for multiracial Americans. A photographer documented the responses from mixed-race D.C. area residents. The subjects of the photos will talk about the concept of race and how they self identify.
Other events to consider: The event “The Art of Vandalism” will take a closer look at how D.C. graffiti should be handled. The cost is free and it takes place at 6 p.m., Tuesday at Busboys and Poets (1390 V St. NW).