Restaurant pivots, community fridges, apricots

Hosted by Evan Kleiman Jul. 25, 2020 Food & Drink

Community refrigerators, stocked by neighbors and open to the public, have become welcome alternatives to traditional methods of aid. Photo credit: L.A Community Fridges

Good Food continues coverage of innovative moves by chefs and restaurateurs to stay in business during the pandemic. Community refrigerators are popping up across the city to feed those in need. Plus, eggplants are cropping up at the Santa Monica Farmer’s Market, and a battle over apricots is brewing in Moscow.

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