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A bronze bust of an Indigenous American figure sits in a kitchen, overlaid with sacks of rice marked with a green check and milk with sugar cubes crossed out.
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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Paula Deen
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Julia Child
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Mario Batali
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British chef and restaurateur Gordon Ramsay
Gordon Ramsay
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Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain
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Chef Bobby Flay
Bobby Flay
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Jamie Oliver
Jamie Oliver
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Rachael Ray
Rachael Ray
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Emeril Lagasse
Emeril Lagasse
American chef
Lizzie Black Kander
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Fannie Farmer
American editor
Escoffier, Auguste
Auguste Escoffier
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