LOS ANGELES (AP) — The smell of frying garlic and ginger is inescapable as it wafts through the room, while a row of fidgety kids watches an older woman in a blue plaid apron cooking in front of them.

Shameem Syed, right, teaches students how to make a chicken stir fry during a cooking class at Olive Community Services, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in Fullerton, Calif. The class was part of the ...