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    ‘In the Weeds’: Pastry chef Cathy Asapahu reflects on her family’s sacrifices

    Cathy Asapahu has a foot in two worlds, or at least two restaurants. Until the pandemic disrupted everything, she was a pastry chef at Providence, the city’s most well-known fine dining establishment.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Feb 12, 2021 • 1 min read

    Cathy Asapahu has a foot in two worlds, or at least two restaurants. Until the pandemic disrupted everything, she was a pastry chef at Providence, the city’s most well-known fine dining establishment. Yet, she grew up in a restaurant family and now she finds herself back in the kitchen alongside her sister Vanda at the family’s lauded restaurant Ayara Thai in Westchester. She joins us for this week’s edition of “In the Weeds.

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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Gillian Ferguson

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