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Hey, everyone. Noris Axe here. I'm the curator of this season of last scene, our show

about people, places, and things that have gone missing from WBUR, Boston's, and PR

station. So far this season, those things gone missing have been mostly food related.

We've hunted for buried treasure, unwrapped the lost history of confectioners' row, and

searched for the origin of Quebec's unofficial national dish, Chinese pie. And then we

heard from a friendly neighbor to the north, Vermont public, and a reporter there named

Josh Crane. Josh has been trying to solve his own food related mystery. Josh works on

a show called Brave Little State. They accept questions from curious listeners that then

get voted on by other listeners. And this mystery came from a Vermont, or named Krista.

She wanted to know about something that's disappearing from all over the place. If you

go out to eat right now, you're likely to run into restaurants that are struggling

because they're missing a crucial ingredient of their business.

So what happened to all the restaurant workers? Where have they gone? And what are they

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