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Sea urchin

A New York restaurateur learned his trade by buying and selling sea urchin

Lifestyle & Belief

Running a food shop in New York City isn’t easy. Ratha Chaupoly, who came to the US from Cambodia when he was seven, learned to pay attention to details the hard way — as a sea urchin trader in Maine.

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