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Kassandra Gutierrez

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Young Cuban Chef's East Rutherford Restaurant Now Open Young Cuban Chef's East Rutherford Restaurant Now Open
Young Cuban Chef's East Rutherford Restaurant Now Open Kassandra Gutierrez has been researching the restaurant industry since she was a kid growing up in Miami. She poured over magazines, books and online articles -- eventually graduating from the prestigious Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. Gutierrez is taking all she's learned over the past decade and giving the recipes she grew up on a little twist at her very first restaurant, Mima's Cuban Cantina. Now open in East Rutherford, Mima's pays homage to Gutierrez's Cuban roots but will also speak to her years of professional culinary experience, she says. "Cuban food is pretty…

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