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    In the Weeds: Sharing a healthy Ethiopian lifestyle

    Just as Tezeta Alemayehu was about to fulfill her dream of a brick & mortar restaurant to serve her Ethiopian-influenced vegan food, COVID struck. Undeterred, she opened T&T Lifestyle at the Colony Kitchen food hall in West LA last spring.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Feb 5, 2021 • 1 min read

    Just as Tezeta Alemayehu was about to fulfill her dream of a brick & mortar restaurant to serve her Ethiopian-influenced vegan food, COVID struck. Undeterred, she openedT&T Lifestyle at the Colony Kitchen food hall in West LA last spring. Powered by Green Power Pancakes and a Superfood Combo, Tezeta shares her food, culture, and the importance of a healthy diet in this week’s segment of “In The Weeds.”

    The full episode

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    Chicken wings, takeout, pomelos, GMO pigs
    1. 0:00Come fly away with Brandon Kida’s chicken wings
    2. 9:50‘Selling food in the margins’: Embracing chaos in search of takeout
    3. 19:33Eating with purpose and escaping the pandemic reality across LA
    4. 29:03Celebrating Chinese New Year with pomelos
    5. 37:49Modifying pigs for transplants and preventing allergic reactions
    6. 47:32In the Weeds: Sharing a healthy Ethiopian lifestyleYou’re reading this
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

      CultureFood & DrinkLos AngelesCalifornia

    The full episode

    6 of 6
    Chicken wings, takeout, pomelos, GMO pigs
    1. 0:00Come fly away with Brandon Kida’s chicken wings
    2. 9:50‘Selling food in the margins’: Embracing chaos in search of takeout
    3. 19:33Eating with purpose and escaping the pandemic reality across LA
    4. 29:03Celebrating Chinese New Year with pomelos
    5. 37:49Modifying pigs for transplants and preventing allergic reactions
    6. 47:32In the Weeds: Sharing a healthy Ethiopian lifestyleYou’re reading this
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