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"I read Tejal Rao’s love letter to LA’s favorite farmers-market melons—fruits famous enough to be called by farmer Alex Weiser’s name—and saw that those melons make their way into dishes at restaurants like Azizam; Bon Appetit also named Azizam one of its yearly Best New Restaurants, and the former pop-up moved into permanent digs in Silver Lake in March 2024." - Rebecca Roland