Chef and sustainable seafood advocate eating and cooking towards happiness
Joined January 2009
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9 Oct 2025
Chef Sammy Monsour on his new podcast: “I want to feature chefs whose stories blend culinary excellence with a deep commitment to community, culture, and making a difference.” foodtank.com/news/2025/10/te… via @foodtank
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1 Feb 2023
Great seafood news! The value of Alaska’s Bristol Bay ecosystem & the wild salmon fishery it sustains is immeasurable. Protecting the fishery, the communities it supports, & the quality seafood it supplies is a top priority for the culinary community. adn.com/business-economy/202… /
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24 Feb 2022
.@RepJerryNadler @SenGillibrand @SenSchumer please #HelpHospitality by supporting replenishing the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) to provide critically needed assistance to hospitality businesses struggling to survive! #ReplenishRRF
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Independent restaurants have been waiting for Congress to act, and we can’t wait any longer. Sign our open letter urging swift action to #ReplenishRRF:
✍️ saverestaurants.com/letter
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Calling All Chefs: Join Oceana and chefs from across the U.S. in demanding traceability for all seafood. Sign our letter to Congress today: bit.ly/3zDuddm
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4 Dec 2020
No Path To Survival for Independent Restaurants Without Rent Relief via @lifeandthyme lifeandthyme.com/commentary/…
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24 Nov 2020
Omar is a man on a mission! Consider supporting his West Philly Honeysuckle Community Center gofundme.com/f/honeysuckle-c…
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14 Sep 2020
150 years later... "Now we are engaged in another great civil war, the unfinished business of the first one. Our enemies — injustice, brutality, hatred — are familiar, the horsemen of unlove." Walt Whitman, Poet of a Contradictory America nyti.ms/32r9Nqg
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14 Sep 2020
Shantay you stay, restaurants! Over 100,000 restaurants have closed, 40% of operators said they would close in the next 6 months will no additional federal aid. Protect the fabric of your communities! Tell Congress to step up to get their rep up: p2a.co/IXxMto0
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12 Sep 2020
Congrats to @brianbartels on his new book, The United States of Cocktails. Our sweet @wavygriff helped whip up this Amaretto Sour (p 227) from Oregon. Only 49 more to go! 🇺🇲🥃🍒🍋🥚 @ Greenwich Village instagram.com/p/CFDgUoSj-MZ/…
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23 Aug 2020
Outdoor Dining Is a Hit, but Restaurants Face ‘Apocalyptic’ Times nytimes.com/2020/08/23/nyreg…
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30 Jul 2020
16,000,000. That's how many service jobs and supplier jobs it cumulatively takes to get from an egg to an omelette at independent restaurants nationwide.
Independent restaurants don't just feed America. They also… instagram.com/p/CDRh_5vDCXR/…
3 May 2020
"It could be the most irresponsible thing in the world to actually apply for and get the PPP loan.." Restaurateur Danny Meyer on Why the PPP Is Such a Disaster vanityfair.com/news/2020/05/… via @VanityFair
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6 Apr 2020
Feels like we are all in prison but the prison in Goodfellas where you can still make pasta
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3 Apr 2020
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27 Mar 2020
Beginning next week, we'll start to offer fresh food and supplies to our amazing former employees free of charge. They loved keeping us fed and happy in our restaurants and now it's time for us to keep them fed and… instagram.com/p/B-PyH3jjaXo/…
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27 Mar 2020
SUPPORT THIS CAUSE! We need to get food on the tables of restaurant workers who have been forced out of work. Every week my restaurant group is packing up free groceries for our staff. gofundme.com/f/groceries-for…
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