Her Mom Sold Rice Cakes in a Refugee Camp. Now She Sells Her Mom\’s Hot Chili Sauce in Gourmet Grocery Stores. Her Mom Isn\’t Impressed… Yet.
Nothing leaves a mark on the heart quite like rejection. “I still remember the first time somebody tasted one of our sauces and said, ‘Ugh, not for me,’” Lisa Tran says. “She just left the sample on the counter, didn’t even throw it in the trash can. I went to the bathroom and cried. People can be …