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Afghan woman learns about potato chips on LI

Originally published: October 20, 2010 8:08 PM
Updated: October 20, 2010 9:32 PM
By PATRICIA KITCHEN  patricia.kitchen@newsday.com

Quick ReadVisit to Cutchogue factory boosts Afghan's woman dream of opening potato chip company in homeland.

Sora Stoda hopes to open a potato chip

Photo credit: Craig Ruttle | Sora Stoda hopes to open a potato chip manufacturer in her native Afghanistan after visiting a chip factory in Cutchogue. (Oct. 19, 2010)

"I can't believe I'm here in a potato chip firm," said Sora Stoda, 21, who came to Cutchogue from her home in Kabul, Afghanistan, to learn the craft of mass producing what some call snack food and others consider guilty little pleasures.

Standing in the North Fork Potato Chips facility Wednesday, Stoda said there's nothing frivolous about her dream of creating a potato chip manufacturing business...

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