CultureThe Indian chef who brought curry to America, then disappeared
Indian chef Ranji Smile arrived in New York in 1899 and opened what was almost certainly the first Indian restaurant in the US in 1901. It closed within a year, and Smile later reinvented himself as a fake prince.
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The Indian chef who brought curry to America, then disappeared
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