Shef: Can this startup for home kitchen cooking create a new kind of takeout?

Shef, designed to let immigrant cooks create food startups in their home kitchen, has been a lifeline during the pandemic. But for it to take off, food laws might need to changeMany immigrants settling in the U.S. under devastating circumstances have little choice but to rebuild lives from scratch and secure stable incomes. That will soon be a reality for the first group of approximately 37,000 Afghan refugees resettling in America. In need of swift revenue streams, many in the past have turned to cooking to earn a living, relying on a shared skill many possess in the homeland, says Laila Mir, a stay-at-home mom who came to the 1990s from Afghanistan with her parents. "Everybody is a great cook," she fondly says of her compatriots.Read Full Story