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Chesapeake Bay Candle: Mei Xu (2017)

2019-06-17 00:00:00 +0000 UTC ·42m 27s ·by Guy Raz / NPR
Chesapeake Bay Candle: Mei Xu (2017)
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About this episode

Twenty-five years ago, after Mei Xu emigrated from China to the U.S., she loved going to Bloomingdale’s to gaze at their housewares. She eventually started making candles in her basement with Campbell’s Soup cans, an experiment that led to the multi-million dollar company Chesapeake Bay Candle. PLUS