A loving portrait of Eva Capsouto (1919-2003) and her three sons, Albert, Jacques and Samuel, a family that emigrated from Egypt to the USA, via Paris, in 1961. The family opened a restaurant in 1980, the Capsouto Frères Bistro, in what ...See moreA loving portrait of Eva Capsouto (1919-2003) and her three sons, Albert, Jacques and Samuel, a family that emigrated from Egypt to the USA, via Paris, in 1961. The family opened a restaurant in 1980, the Capsouto Frères Bistro, in what was then an out-of-the-way location, TriBeCa. Albert was the Maitre D, Jacques was in the kitchen, while Samuel managed the finances. Their mother, Eva, was busy at the restaurant every day until her death in 2003. Written by
The New York Times
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