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Lenny’s Sub Shop was founded in Bartlett, Tenn. (a suburb of Memphis), because founder Len Moore, originally from Philadelphia, missed his native city’s cheesesteak subs and wanted to share the authentic, hot-off-the-grill experience. Moore – who worked his way through the food service industry from busboy to dishwasher to server to general manager – had run a similar...

Fall 2010 - Lucille Tumminello carried with her a special recipe for pizza when she immigrated from Italy. This pizza was so good it was an event. Soon word of “Mama” Lucia's standout pies spread outside the family, and asking her to bake extra pizzas became such an institution on “The Hill,” St. Louis's famous Italian neighborhood, that in 1981 she founded Mama Lucia...

Chef François Dionot remembers the exact moment he realized a culinary career was the only choice for him. “It was like a dream,” recalls Dionot. “It was the first time my parents had taken me to a fancy restaurant with a tablecloth and all the silverware and glasses. The owner was a friend of my parents and she was this very beautiful, tall woman, and she drove my...