Food for thought: Hangin' with Harangua and finding good local food

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from the Metro Times:


Food for thought
Hangin' with Harangua and finding good local food

By Larry Gabriel
Published: February 6, 2013


I met Mulenga Harangua on the corner of Cass and Forest in Detroit last Friday evening. He’d told me to meet him there so we could go to dinner. I figured we’d be dining at the Cass Cafe as we’ve enjoyed a few evenings there. He was waiting for me, with his bicycle, when I arrived.

“Man, it’s cold as heck out here. How can you be riding that bicycle?”

“It’ll be warm when we get inside,” Mulenga said with Buddhist matter-of-factness. He started walking toward the parking lot next to the Cass Corridor Commons building.

“Do you ever think about getting a car?”

“Man, I can pretty much live for a year on what it costs to drive a car around,” Mulenga said as he cut across the parking lot.

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“We’re going to have dinner right here. It’s Food Justice Friday. The first Friday of every month, the East Michigan Environmental Action Council (EMEAC) and the People’s Kitchen Detroit sponsor a meal here. It’s open to the public and you pay whatever you want between $5 and $15.” Mulenga chained his bicycle to the ramp leading up to the entrance and we went in. ...................(more)

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