Mariah Pisha-Duffly was going to be late.
The restaurant and bar industry vet was working with her partner, chef Thomas Pisha-Duffly, in Portland, Maine, and the company Christmas party was well under way. By the time she arrived, all the food was gone, and she was starving. “Don’t worry,” her husband said. “I saved something for you.” With a smile, he revealed what he had hidden in his pockets: handfuls of pigs in a blanket, because he knew she loved them.
Years later, the Pisha-Dufflys now own two successful restaurants in Portland, Oregon: The Hollywood Indonesian-ish restaurant Gado Gado and the freewheeling Southeast Division spot Oma’s Hideaway.
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