Samuelsson: Uptown culinary culture centers around informal community vendors, not traditional restaurants
Marcus Samuelsson · Start with a story, cook up success (with legendary chef and restauranteur Marcus Samuelsson) · Jan 16, 2024 · at 18:49
Chef Marcus Samuelsson discusses his transition from fine dining in Midtown Manhattan to discovering the neighborhood food culture in Harlem.
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“The good food was not necessarily in a traditional restaurant. It could be Oyster Mike that pulled up right by the subway station, or it could be a church lady that handed out cornbread, or the Jamaican jerk guy that we had to figure out in which park he was in.”
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