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Fusion on Thayer

French meets Burmese at Mercy's.

by Tony McReynolds

posted 3/6/2010

When Mercy Kasle was attending Cal State in the early seventies and needed a job, she answered an ad placed by a woman looking for someone to cook and do light housekeeping. During the interview, she recalls, the woman "asked me if I knew how to cook, and I said no--but I know how to read." She got the job and immediately immersed herself in studying recipes and

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