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Especially Empanadas!
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In the Kitchen with Chris White
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Feeling the ESSENCE of it All
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Flying Solo (and why maybe you should too!)
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Much Ado About Nothing at The Old Globe
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Jonnae Thompson’s Journey to Better Eating and Better Living
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Health Co-Parenting
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ofo Bike Sharing Yeah you can borrow that bike!
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12 Steps to Keep Burnout Out at Bay
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Lilian Vanvieldt-Gray, Honorary Breast Cancer Survivor is in the Race for the Cure
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Making the Best Out of Small Outdoor Spaces
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Dean Hall - Fashion Spread
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Juicy Couture Debuts New Fragrance Oui Juicy Couture
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Introducing the Airbnb of Parking: Park Connect
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Black & Missing: Searching for Our Missing People of Color
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Amid Rising Costs of Housing, Senator Kamala Harris Introduces Bill to Provide Rent Relief
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publisher’s letter
It truly has been hotter than EVER! And while the heat is picking up outdoors, we’re doing our best to keep it cooking within the pages of Black & Magazine. Issue #4 is here to please and you never know what you’ll find inside the pages of this publication but I can assure you that there is something in here for everyone! Two features that are dear to me are located in the ‘Black & Informed’ section, where we’re discussing the new Bill Senator Harris wants passed regarding rent control, and following that article, feedback from locals on what they’re doing to be able to maintain living here. We are skillful people full of talent and genius. Let’s work together to fuel our Black communities and share ways on surviving and maintaining locally and nationally. Hopefully something in this issue will inspire and motivate you. We are officially in our 8th month of the year - August! Can you believe December is almost here? How’s the year been treating you thus far? Have you accomplished most of what you set out to do? It’s never too late to finish this year strong and to start preparing for 2019. It’ll be here before we know it. I’d like to encourage you to make the most of your time everyday. Keep lists, make notes, do something different you’ve never done, find a good book to read, take a different route home, and even visit a restaurant or store you’ve never been to. You never know where your next opportunity may be hiding. And if you’re taking time out to read Black & Magazine in its entirety, please shoot us a quick message on one of our social media outlets, letting us know what you thought about this issue, or any publication issue for that matter.
Beloved, I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in good health, even as your soul prospers.
CHIDA REBECCA PUBLISHER
BLACK & SOCIAL
Especially Empanadas! by Contributing Writer Dean Hall
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ast week I swung by Empanada Kitchen and it was without a doubt the best decision of the week! I hadn’t tasted something new in a little while and since I’d never had an empanada I was super stoked on it. The selection is plenty, but not overwhelming and you also get a legend which shows you what they will look like. That’s especially handy if you’re anything like me and order half the menu, but have the memory of a gnat. Up first was the classic beef and to say it was delicious would be an understatement. The meat was well seasoned and the bread so soft and perfectly proportioned. I’m always skeptical about meat wrapped in breading because there’s usually inches of dough between you and the hearty center. The beef is great, but the lamb is life changing and my absolute favorite. I’m extremely particular about my lamb and it was like they prepared it just for me. Oh and I can’t forget about the sauce, I’m salivating as I write this, which is wonderfully complementary. Other great tasting options are the bacon & egg, mushroom and goat cheese, and sweet corn & basil. Ah and the sweet corn & basil was definitely another favorite. Juicy flavorful cream style corn encased in the most appetizing of bread. Empanada Kitchen has set the bar extremely high and carved out the perfect niche in the downtown food scene.