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The Kitchen's Ink: A tribute to Boston chefs’ tattoos

By CASSANDRA LANDRY  |  October 9, 2012

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PHOTOS BY CONOR DOHERTY :: SHOT AT JM CURLEY

Jason Santos, Executive chef at Blue Inc.

"When I worked for Andy [Husbands] a long time ago, he got me a gift card to Fat Ram's for my birthday, and I got the beets. It killed. People who say tattoos don't hurt are lying! I don't care for beets personally; I think they taste like dirt. . . . That's kind of the irony of it. Everyone's got a ton of food tattoos, but I'd never seen one of beets, so that's why I did it."

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