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Hey, it's Francis. This week, we're going back to an episode from last year

talking with chefs who have deep stories

about what their food means to them.

Have a listen.

I'm Frances Lamb, and this is The Splendid Table from APM.

Thank you. lamb and this is the splendid table from APM. You know, for a couple of years after Hurricane Katrina, I spent a lot of time in the

Gulf Coast of Mississippi, driving over to New Orleans like every chance we could get.

And, you know, the whole region was devastated and so much of it emptied out. But so many of the people who came back

bonded right away in the community to rebuild their homes and neighborhoods. And I'll never forget

and heard the amazing story that one of the very first neighborhoods in New Orleans,

to get its power turned back on, wasn't the famous French Quarter or the wealthy Garden District,

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