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James Beard Award winner and New Orleans restaurateur Shaya shares how food saved his life. As an Israeli immigrant child growing up in an unstable Philadelphia home, he bonded with his grandparents over traditional comfort foods and cooked for his divorced, working mother. As a teen, he held food-related jobs but was also doing drugs and engaging in crime when a home economics teacher helped get him get back on track. Readers follow Shaya's...Log In or Sign Up to Read More