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What people have written and said
Over the years, some very good reporters have pulled up a chair. Here’s what they saw. Below is everything I could find, newest first: 45 articles, talks and podcasts.
TED · TEDinArabic Summit
How can small local restaurants increase food access to those in need?
“There is nothing better in life than living in service of others.”
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Financial Times
How far does a chef have to go to be truly good?
“For every meal a customer buys from Migrant Kitchen, it makes a meal for a New Yorker in need.”
The Washington Post
At a New York relief kitchen, urgency meets empathy
“Imagine being forgotten while you’re fasting.”
The New York Times
For Refugee Chefs, This Meal Is a Business Card
At the 2017 Refugee Food & Art Festival, refugee cooks would stop retelling how they got here and start building careers.Paraphrase
Vogue
The Rise of Refugee Cuisine
“fresh hummus, fat Medjool dates stuffed with haloumi, and tightly rolled grape leaves”
CNN
Feed the Polls
“We give restaurant-quality food. Food with respect.”
Greatist
Millennial Change Makers
Named a change maker for growing a relief kitchen from 100 to 10,000 meals a day.Paraphrase
City & State
2023 Power of Diversity: MENA 50
“pursued gastro-diplomacy to highlight diverse cuisines and the immigrants behind them”
La Repubblica
La cucina dei migranti diventa uno strumento diplomatico
“Migrant cooking becomes a diplomatic tool.” (translated)
Articles
30East Side FeedMigrant Kitchen Closes Upper East Side LocationOct 16, 2024City & State2023 Power of Diversity: Middle Eastern & North African 50Aug 28, 2023The New York TimesThe Migrant Kitchen Expands to Central Park’s BallfieldsMay 30, 2023Al-Anba (Kuwait)الشيف ناصر جابر يقدم أشهى الأطباق بمزيج أميركي - عربيIn ArabicOct 30, 2022American University of KuwaitAUK Hosts Chef Nasser Jaber Presented by US Embassy2022la RepubblicaE a New York la cucina dei migranti diventa uno strumento diplomaticoIn ItalianJul 21, 2022FOX 5 New YorkThe Migrant Kitchen’s multicultural American fare proves to be a hitApr 26, 2022Territory FoodsThe Migrant Kitchen on Doing Good While Eating WellJan 12, 2022Financial TimesHow far does a chef have to go to be truly good?Aug 6, 2021Time Out New YorkThe Migrant Kitchen brings Arab-Latino cuisine to Time Out Market New York this weekendMay 26, 2021GreatistMillennial Change MakersApr 19, 2021Eater NYThe Migrant Kitchen’s Radical Middle Eastern-Latin Menu Centers Social GoodFeb 16, 2021James Beard FoundationHow to Hold on to Your Mission Even in a PandemicFeb 3, 2021Eater NYImmigrant-Run Migrant Kitchen Brings Its Popular Arab-Latin Menu to FiDiDec 3, 2020Good Morning AmericaHunger is nonpartisan, so these initiatives are helping fight food insecurity at polling places on Election DayNov 3, 2020Business InsiderFeed the Polls Is Fighting Hunger and Voter Suppression on November 3Oct 30, 2020EaterThe Long, Hungry Process of VotingOct 28, 2020The Washington PostVoters across the country might stand in line all day Nov. 3. This group plans to feed them.Oct 20, 2020CNNFeed the Polls organizing meals for 2020 voters in food-insecure areasOct 6, 2020Al-Araby Al-Jadeedمطبخ المهاجرين في نيويورك... ناصر جابر وزملاؤهIn ArabicSep 6, 2020The NationalMigrant Kitchen: The Palestinian in New York who gives away 6,000 free halal meals a dayJul 2020The Washington PostAt a New York relief kitchen, urgency meets empathy as immigrants create thousands of meals a dayMay 8, 2020Version Homme (Morocco)Succès de l’U.S.-Morocco Food Week 2019In FrenchJun 22, 2019VogueThe Rise of Refugee CuisineAug 17, 2018The New York TimesFor Refugee Chefs, This Meal Is a Business CardSep 20, 2017GothamistThe Refugee Food Festival Provides A Delicious Opportunity To Help Your New NeighborsAug 24, 2017Eater NYDinner Series Where Refugees Cook (And Get Profits) Is GrowingJun 5, 2017SaveurA New Refugee-Run Dinner Series is Helping Immigrants in New York Find Their Footing—and Share Their StoriesMay 12, 2017Al Arabiya EnglishDisplaced Dinners: Refugee chefs dish out Arab flavors in New YorkMay 5, 2017Eater NYThe Salve of Cooking Dishes From HomeApr 11, 2017
Talks & interviews
8Rockefeller Institute of GovernmentKeynote: “Navigating the Waters of Immigrant Entrepreneurship: My Story”Nov 8, 2023TEDHow can small local restaurants increase food access to those in need?TEDinArabic Summit, in Arabic with English subtitles2023NY1, In FocusSmall businesses feel the brunt of supply chain interruptionsNov 14, 2021SXSW OnlineFeeding Change: Building Business to Fight HungerPanelMar 16, 2021Social Gastronomy MovementCrisis in Lebanon (webinar)Aug 27, 2020RabetDardashe, Episode 19: Nasser JaberVideo2020CUNY TV, Shades of U.S.Tastes of USVideoEmily RoseNasser Jaber and the Migrant KitchenVideo
Podcasts
7Palestine Debrief (CJPME)Nasser Jaber: NYC Restaurateur & Palestinian EntrepreneurApr 5, 2023No Country for MovingMigrant Kitchen: Middle East, Palestine and BeyondApr 18, 2023The afikra Podcast · MukbangThe Migrant Kitchen | Nasser JaberHosted by Mikey Muhanna · also on YouTubeAug 30, 2022The Raw Hospitality ShowEp 12: Nasser Jabber, Founder, The Migrant KitchenAlso on YouTubeJun 21, 2021The Impossible Network108: Covid19, Frontline Heroes Feeding New York, The Migrant KitchenApr 27, 2020A Hungry Society (Heritage Radio Network)Episode 40: Food, Conflict & Community with Nas Jab of KomeedaHosted by Korsha WilsonSep 6, 2018Food Without Borders (Heritage Radio Network)Episode 13: Komeeda with Jabber Al-Bihani and Nasser JaberHosted by Sari KaminSep 13, 2017
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