cross-posted from: https://jlai.lu/post/41622777

Courtesy of the Craft Contemporary Museum. Each pattern has the name in Arabic and the area(s) of Palestine they’re traditionally from or most commonly found. They often feature locally important plants and animals. These are typically worked in cross stitch (fallaḥi, roughly meaning ‘villager’s stitch’), but can also be done in satin stitch. Tatreez is associated with weddings, and the garments made for the new bride are intended to last her entire life and also become heirlooms. Here are a few lovely pieces that were on display:

And my scans of the paper copies that were available. Sorry my scanner struggled with this, I did my best to compensate and the grid should hopefully be legible:

Yellow archangel (Lamiastrum galeobdolon), if anyone was curious.

All corn can’t become popcorn, the kernel’s skin in something like yellow corn is too thick. So after corn was domesticated another variety with thinner skin had to emerge before the first popcorn could be made.

Imagine just trying to roast the staple crop you’ve grown up eating and it suddenly explodes and turns into this feather light white fluffy thing. If I didn’t grow up knowing what popcorn was I don’t know what I’d think.

A new program that gives Angelenos on food assistance the option to have fresh produce delivered to their homes has launched, serving a roughly 20 mile radius around the Atwater Village and Crenshaw farmers markets.

Food Access LA, a non-profit that operates a chain of farmers markets focusing on customers who rely on food assistance, is behind the new Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) box delivery program.

Organizers said they anticipate delivering 20 to 30 boxes from the Atwater Village and Crenshaw farmers markets every week and expect it to be a welcome option for seniors, people with disabilities or other groups who may have difficulties getting out in-person to a farmers market.

Link to the nonprofit’s ordering page: https://foodaccessla.org/eat-ordering