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Manu Buffara is Bringing Curitiba to Manhattan

Season 3, Ep. 55

The internationally-acclaimed chef talks to Kate and Mark about her new book, community gardens in action, opening a restaurant in NYC, and the time she (accidentally) fermented her clothes. 


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