My best friend from high school is from Jakarta, Indonesia. She used to complain about the lack of Indonesian food in Los Angeles, with only a handful of options. We had Malaysian. Plenty of Chinese.

One Saturday a month, the countless cuisines of the archipelago are laid out in an Elmhurst church. By Max Falkowitz Jengkol beans, as fat as silver dollars, bobbing in chile sauce. Jackfruit braised ...

From California to Queens, New York, where nearly half the residents come from other countries. One international community there meets every month in a church hall to celebrate their culture.