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  "id": 14430779,
  "title": "Maine chef rebuilt career after losing restaurant; now gets 60,000 booking cards a year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/maine-chef-rebuilt-career-after-losing-restaurant-now-gets-60-000",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-14T10:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/food-news/after-personal-setbacks-and-losing-her-first-restaurant-erin-french-rebuilt-her-career-in-a-small-maine-town-her-restaurant-now-receives-around-60000-reservation-postcards-a-year/articleshow/134937349.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Erin French's remarkable journey saw her battling through addiction, enduring depression, and facing a heartbreaking divorce that led to the closure of her restaurant. Returning to her roots in Freedom, she innovatively launched pop-up dining events, rekindling her culinary passion. In 2014, she triumphantly reopened The Lost Kitchen in a refurbished mill, emphasizing seasonal, locally sourced…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}