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Boston Calling: Thanksgiving 2016

Thanksgiving 2016

26/11/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - Boston Calling, Thanksgiving 2016

When this family got their deportation papers, a small town banded together to save them.

When Marie Myung-Ok Lee’s parents received deportation papers in the mail, her hometown banded together to save them. 

Also, we visit a restaurant that only serves food from countries “in conflict” with the US, we sample a dessert inspired by early Mesopotamia andwe learn about one of the latest food fads in Las Vegas. We end with the story of a Chinese seamstress who started a famous Midwestern chain restaurant. 

(Image: Marie Myung-Ok Lee’s family gathers around the dinner table. Courtesy: Grace K. Lee)

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