Food & Beverage

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

A restaurant is more than just a business

 Starting in her own home, Patricia Givernbarren took her love for cooking and poured it into her restaurant, Big Mama’s Kitchen and Catering. Better known as Big Mama, Patricia was born in 1942 in Omaha, Nebraska. Being a Nebraska native, she was very adamant about keeping the restaurant in North Omaha.

“My mother wanted to see North Omaha revitalized. She wanted it to be the thriving place it was when she was a kid,” says Big Mama’s daughter, Gladys Harrington.

After serving and catering in their home, they finally opened Big Mama’s Kitchen in 2007.

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Thursday, May 26, 2022

A Taste of Home for Lincoln’s APIDA Community

Oriental Market

Asian markets in the Midwest provide a safe and welcoming environment for those in the Asian community to feel comfortable and at ease. The Oriental Market, located on 27th street in Lincoln Nebraska has become a cultural hub where community members can not only find familiar foods but a sense of home. 

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Friday, October 22, 2021

The Chocolate Season Story

To some, the act of leaving an angel food cake with a handwritten note at a loved one's house may seem like such a simple action. But to Erika Jensen, it meant so much more.

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