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Smita Chutke has found her voice in defending Indian spices, and delights in showing people how right they are for Western New York’s finest produce. (Photo: Luke Copping Photography)
It took Smita Chutke a year of emails to get me into her kitchen. Once I agreed, the Amherst banker made me poha, a western Indian dish of flattened rice, peanuts, turmeric…
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