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Revitalizing Native Foods

Heidi Lucero | Chia Café Collective
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Oaxaca Unwrapped: A Journey Through Chocolate

Bricia, Paulina, and Fernando Lopez | Guelaguetza Restaurant
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Edelweiss Chocolates: Decades of Desserts

Danny Zahirpour | Edelweiss Chocolates
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Big Dreams, Petite Sweets

Albert Daniel | Albert's Petite Sweets
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Research and Collections

An Object of Contempt and Curiosity to a Testament of Hope

At quick glance, the picture looked unremarkable and vaguely familiar like something I might have on my iPhone. After introspection, it reveals stories about community, immigration, tradition, and a historic earthquake.
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Research and Collections

A New Skink in Town

How an iNaturalist observation of a non-native lizard could help protect Southern California’s native species—and its economy
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A Taste of Tradition

Joe Ter-Poghossian | Mignon Chocolate 
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