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Visit the European Commission's canteen and watch chef Cosar monitor the variety of menus
Learn through chemistry the five tips to cook a better Thanksgiving dinner
Hear about the experimental findings on meat tenderness, muscle cell shrinkage, and loss of water while cooking meat
The effects of too much salt in your diet
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