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The Art of Low & Slow: Saw & Brittany Naing on Joplin's, The Dutchess & Second Acts
Meet Saw and Brittany Naing, the husband-and-wife team powering Ojai’s rock-and-roll barbecue joint Joplin’s — and the culinary force many locals already know from The Dutchess.
Saw grew up in Myanmar under military rule, fronting a heavy-metal band whose politically charged lyrics earned him unwelcome attention from the junta before he emigrated to Los Angeles in 2007.Los Angeles Times+1 In California kitchens he traded guitar amps for grill grates, cooking everywhere from Bouchon and Café Pinot to Tallula’s in Santa Monica before finally landing in Ojai as chef-partner at The Dutchess…
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