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January 23, 1989

Featured Pick

Alex Prud’homme meets the New York City soup chef on whom “Seinfeld” ’s “Soup Nazi” is based.

Alex Prud'Homme on the man behind the soups: the anonymous genius of institutional cooking, meals that feed thousands shaped by one palate.

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