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Playing With Food: Dahl and diversity with Ermina Karim

By Fr. Ian Delinger • Feb 25, 2019
  • Former SLO Chamber CEO Ermina Karim (r) in her sari at a 2012 event. With her are (r to l) Assemblyman Katcho Achadjian, CEO of RRM and Ermina's husband Erik Justesen, and Dave Juhnke.
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    Former SLO Chamber CEO Ermina Karim (r) in her sari at a 2012 event. With her are (r to l) Assemblyman Katcho Achadjian, CEO of RRM and Ermina's husband Erik Justesen, and Dave Juhnke.
    SLO Chamber of Commerce
  • Dahl—or lentils—come in many forms. This dish of red lentils cooks quickly and absorbs the warm Indian spices.
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    Dahl—or lentils—come in many forms. This dish of red lentils cooks quickly and absorbs the warm Indian spices.
    Fr. Ian Delinger
  • Ermina's mother's recipe for eggplant draws on the mastery of blending spices.
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    Ermina's mother's recipe for eggplant draws on the mastery of blending spices.
    Fr. Ian Delinger
  • A delicious lunch borne out of our conversation about Bangladesh, Illinois, the SLO Chamber, diversity and our mutual love of food.
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    A delicious lunch borne out of our conversation about Bangladesh, Illinois, the SLO Chamber, diversity and our mutual love of food.
    Fr. Ian Delinger

The former CEO of the San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce is a Bengali woman from a small town in Illinois. She invited me into her home to experience Bengali food and to discuss diversity—and we discovered the power of sharing food.

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Ermina Karim
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San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce