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Living for a Taste of Heaven

Rachel Chimits

The weakest of all weak things is virtue that has not been tested in the fire.” —Mark Twain

Justo Thomas came from a coffee and coconut farm in rural Dominican Republic. Now he works at Le Bernardin, a three Michelin star restaurant in New York.

“Good morning, chef,” every sous chef, line cook, pâtissier and stagiere says to him, almost reverently, as they come in for the day.