Author: Saniya More

For Sara Robin and My Lucky Tummy, cooking is more than just combining different ingredients together. It is a way for her to connect with her Pakistani roots and find comfort in an unfamiliar place. Robin was one of eight chefs who cooked for the October editions of My Lucky Tummy, a series of culinary adventures featuring foods from around the world. My Lucky Tummy is a pop-up event organized twice a year by Adam Sudmann, who also runs the With Love restaurant at 435 N. Salina St. Most of the chefs who cook for the event arrived in the United…

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Ginger Peterman learned a long time ago that a person must create her own opportunities in places that seem impossible to do so, especially if she is limited by society. Peterman was 23 when she joined the military, and was almost immediately deployed to Iraq. She served as a truck driver from March 2007 to December 2009. During her time in Iraq, she was sexually assaulted and experienced sexual harassment on a regular basis. “The military culture is one that is not necessarily friendly to women,” she said. “People treat you as if you’re just there to look pretty and…

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