Daughter of Vegetable Peeler Joe Ades Keeps Tradition Alive

Photograph from Eating in Translation on Flickr

Three weeks after the death of Joe Ades, Manhattan's legendary vegetable peeler peddler, his daughter Ruth Ades-Laurent has taken over the family business. "Some parents leave their kids buildings; my dad left me peelers." She was spotted in Union Square this weekend. Like her father, she is not self-conscious about talking loudly in public.

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