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Guess who’s slicing your sturgeon, NYC’s ethnic food, Inspirato, Spring 2015

Guess who’s slicing your sturgeon, NYC’s ethnic food, Inspirato, Spring 2015

by Michael Shapiro | Apr 8, 2015 | Blog, Food, Interviews, Stories, Travel

It’s no secret that many of the cooks making New York City’s best ethnic food didn’t grow up eating smoked salmon or corned beef sandwiches. On the upper east side I found two Chinese brothers selling fantastic sturgeon and the guys making the...
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