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Have Sushi Will Travel

Have Sushi Will Travel

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Oct 24, 2006
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Nobuyuki Matsuhisa was a 23-year-old sushi chef in Shinjuku when a Japanese Peruvian pepper farmer came for dinner. The encounter changed his life and helped to alter the patterns of global cuisine.

“He talked about Peru, he talked about the fish, he was a big success in Peru because in the Amazon they grow black pepper. So one day, he asked me to come t…

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