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Top Honors for Food in 2 Worlds™ Podcasts from International Culinary Group

by Aaron Leaf on 4/10/13

The IACP named Food in 2 Worlds the best Short Format Audio for 2012. Check out our award winning podcasts.

Award, IACP, San Francisco 

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Illegal No More: AP Changes Their Stylebook

by Aaron Leaf on 4/3/13

After a campaign to get news organizations to stop using the term “illegal immigrant,” the Associated Press announced it will start using “undocumented.”

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Food in 2 Worlds™ Podcast: Sub-Saharan Brooklyn Offers the Flavors of Africa

by Aaron Leaf on 3/13/13

An insider’s guide to the best African cuisine in Brooklyn’s Bed-Stuy neighborhood.

Bed Stuy, Jollof Rice, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone 

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Food in 2 Worlds: Immigrants Celebrate Thanksgiving by Mixing Traditions & Inventing New Ones

by Aaron Leaf on 11/21/12

In many immigrant households the Thanksgiving meal is a mix of traditions from the old country eaten alongside the food from the new.

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Hit Hard: Russian Immigrants in Brighton Beach Begin Post-Hurricane Cleanup

by Aaron Leaf on 11/13/12

The largest Russian speaking community in North America was hit hard by Hurricane Sandy. Aaron Leaf went to Brighton Beach to talk to people cleaning up after the storm.

Brighton Beach, Hurricane Sandy 

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    • Aaron Leaf
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    Aaron Leaf is a freelance writer and editor who has reported on human rights issues from Zambia, Liberia, Canada and Peru. He is a graduate of Ryerson University and the former editor of Ricepaper, a journal of Asian Canadian arts and culture.

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