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Matti Gellman

Matti

Matti Gellman is a Food Reporter for The Baltimore Banner. Originally from New York, she was raised by parents who expressed love through food. She joined the Banner in October 2023, intent on being a watchdog for residents looking to access safe, quality food across Baltimore. She has a special interest in reporting on the area's growing food deserts and barriers to food security. Her work can be seen in ProPublica, the Kansas City Star and Crain Communication's Modern Healthcare. In 2023 she was awarded with the Society of Professional Journalists' 2022 New America Award for her coverage of refugee communities in Missouri.

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Portrait of Chip Mason, founder and CEO of Legg Mason, financial services firm headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. 2006.
Financial pioneer ‘Chip’ Mason, founder of Legg Mason, embodied integrity and respect
Raymond “Chip” Mason, the founder of Baltimore investment firm Legg Mason, died Friday at 88.
The playground at Maree Garnett Farring Elementary and Middle School on fire Aug. 23. It was rebuilt in recent years due to arson.
Children arrested after fire burns down school playground in Brooklyn
A 12-year-old and a 13-year-old were arrested for “deliberately setting fire” to the Maree G. Farring Elementary/Middle School playground, according to City Schools.
Shoppers in Mondawmin Mall reopening following a health code violation
Shoppers at Mondawmin Mall reopens after more than a week with no hot water
The Shoppers supermarket in Mondawmin Mall reopened Thursday after shuttering for eight days over health code violations.
The exterior of Bunny’s Buckets and Bubbles in the Fells Point neighborhood of Baltimore, Md. on Wednesday, August 20, 2025.
What really happened at Bunny’s?
A server’s Palestinian flag pin divided Fells Point restaurant Bunny’s Buckets & Bubbles. This is what people told us went down.
The exterior of Bunny's Buckets & Bubbles at 801 S. Ann St. in Fells Point on Aug. 18, 2025.
Fells Point restaurant Bunny’s fires at least 6 employees after pro-Palestine protest
Bunny’s Buckets & Bubbles fired several of its employees who participated in a pro-Palestine protest outside the Fells Point restaurant.
The former location of Docks on the Harbor in Baltimore.
Docks restaurant owner ordered to pay $8.1 million to landlord
Gregory Pranzo, the restaurateur behind Docks on the Harbor, has been ordered to pay more than $8 million to Cordish Companies, his former landlord.
Rev. Diana Wingeier-Rayo hands out numbered cards to people arriving for a weekly food distribution event at Hughes United Methodist Church in Wheaton earlier this month.
They’re feeding the hungry. Then guarding the door from ICE.
Montgomery County organizers say the fear surrounding ICE raids have reshaped people's access to food, and what they're willing to do to get it.
Kevin Lee stocks an aisle at Lee’s Mini Market, a corner store he and his wife own and run in West Baltimore.
SNAP cuts threaten the tiny stores keeping Baltimore fed
Corner stores and public markets stand to lose once cuts to federal food stamps go into effect.
The Perde Agribusiness water tower in Salisbury.
Perdue faces 2nd lawsuit over water contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’ in Salisbury
A second lawsuit against Perdue Agribusiness seeks to change how the company disposes of waste just as advocates call for more restrictions on factory farms across Maryland.
A Baltimore City Sheriff outside of the now-closed Souvlaki on Monday.
Souvlaki is evicted in Hampden just weeks after crowdfunding plea
Souvlaki Greek Cuisine was evicted Monday despite a recent plea to community members to fundraise and help the beloved Hampden restaurant reopen.
A Blue Catfish is measured during the Annual Nanticoke River Invasive Fishing Derby Saturday, July 19, 2025, in Sharptown.
Don’t like blue catfish? Maryland says give it to your dog.
The MAWS Act is a bill on Capitol Hill that aims to create a market for turning blue catfish into pet food.
A Ronco di Sassi Primitive Malbec is rich and tannic at the Bodega and Vino market and wine bar in Locust Point on July 15, 2025.
Here are 2 new bars to help you forget about the boat noise in Locust Point
Two bars still new to Locust Point are serving the neighborhood in more ways than one.
An unopened grocery store in the La Cite development in the Poppleton neighborhood of Baltimore on February 26, 2025.
An entrepreneur had big plans for a West Baltimore grocery store. Then rent came due.
Mario Minor, a former concert promoter with no experience opening a grocery store, sold Poppleton residents in Baltimore City a dream.
A new menu of Korean fusion food comes to Peabody Heights Brewery.
Beer cheese and bibimbap at Peabody Height Brewery’s very own food truck
Peabody Heights Brewery’s new food truck, The Concession Stand, mixes Korean food and pub-style plates.
Souvlaki, a Mediterranean restaurant in Hampden.
After ‘temporary closure,’ Souvlaki in Hampden asks community to help it reopen
Souvlaki Greek Authentic Cuisine closed in recent months, but now the restaurant is planning a return to Hampden that the community can help support.
Chef David Zamudio shows off plans for Josefina, his new Spanish fine-dining restaurant in Harbor Point.
Here are the restaurants coming soon to Baltimore
Can’t decide what to eat? The choice won’t get easier with a batch of new restaurants set to open in Baltimore.
Marvin Rodriguez and his mother, Maria Rodriguez, make pupusas together at El Paraiso on June 26, 2025. She says her son makes them very, very well.
Meet the Salvadoran family whose pupusas shaped Baltimore County
The family behind Reisterstown's El Paraiso eatery became the go-to spot for more than just the usual Salvadoran fare.
Chorizo and carnitas tacos at Taqueria Los Perez Dos, a family-run in a strip mall near West Patapsco and Annapolis Road in Cherry Hill.
An unassuming taqueria is drawing a cult following in Southwest Baltimore
When 19-year-old Timya Green discovered Taqueria Los Perez in Southwest Baltimore, it sent her on a spiral into the world of tacos. And, honestly, same.
Irena Stein, owner of popular Venezuelan restaurant Alma Cocina Latina in Station North.
Will a new arepa bar be the boost Alma Cocina Latina is hungry for?
Candela, a new arepa bar coming to Station North, may be the business boost that Alma Cocina Latina’s owners say they need.
Collard greens are cut and bundled at One Acre Farm for CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) members.
The USDA promised to pay farms hiring immigrant labor. So where’s the money?
A USDA program encouraged farmers to bring on immigrant workers legally. Now, it’s in limbo and farmers are stuck with workers they can’t afford.
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