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The Minneapolis Institute of Art tapped local chef Tammy Wong to prepare a multi-course menu for a lavish, after-hours banquet inside one of its exhibit this week. For both Wong and the organizers, it was a chance to bring people together again in the Whittier neighborhood after a tough few years.

The Minneapolis Institute of Art tapped local chef Tammy Wong to prepare a multi-course menu for a lavish, after-hours banquet inside one of its exhibit Wednesday night. For both Wong and the organizers, it was a chance to bring people together again in the Whittier neighborhood after a tough few years.

Chef Tammy Wong cooks up a banquet for the ages at the Minneapolis Institute of Art

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A person holds a motherwort leaf in her palm

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Noodles and vegetables flip in the air above a steaming wok

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