Thuy Pham, notable for her vegan restaurant Mama Đút, gained fame during the pandemic but closed it in November 2023 due to the challenges of managing a successful business. While stepping back from the restaurant scene, she is involved with Growing Gardens, a nonprofit promoting gardening education. Pham reflects on her personal and professional journey, emphasizing the importance of food meaning and community connections, shaped by experiences with gardening, particularly through her brother's story during his incarceration.
I realized that the longer I stayed in something that I was unhappy in, the less opportunity I was going to have to truly find something that made me happy.
My brother was really in good spirits when he got fresh produce from the garden. He would be like, 'We got cilantro for our sandwiches,' or 'My buddies and I got a tomato, we're all going to split it up.'
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