Miami born chef Michelle Bernstein, winner of the James Beard award, discusses life as a woman chef years before the Me Too movement over Cuban coffee, pastelitos and croquetas. James Beard award winner Carlos Frías, the Miami Herald food editor, talks with Bernstein about how a 90-pound former ballerina went on to become one of the first women on the Food Network, on this episode of La Ventanita. See video interviews and read more about this chef at our website, MiamiHerald.com/ventanita.

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