Education

Food for thought

Students in an eighth-grade health class received a special lesson Tuesday from Chef John Sugimura during his multi-day visit promoting Japanese food and culture at Sleepy Eye Public School.In less than 30 minutes, Sugimura enlisted the teenagers’ help with cooking, garnishing and serving dumplings made with his grandmother’s century-old recipe, while sharing tidbits on healthy eating, a personal anecdote about being different and bullied, and a story of resilience about his immigrant grandmother, who found early restaurant success in California, raised six children as a widow, and spent years of imprisonment in a U.S.

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