Program: Independent Lens | Type: Full Video | Aired: 2025-06-04

The Grocery List Show | Halal Grocery in Brooklyn | Ep 2

Chrissy Camba heads to Balady Market—a halal grocery in Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge, a culturally rich Middle Eastern neighborhood—for a heartfelt celebration of generational legacy. Chrissy joins Mrs. Masoud, the Balady’s matriarch and co-founder, to help prepare a favorite Jordanian and Palestinian dish, mansaf, a luscious lamb and yogurt meal often made shared communally.

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