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If I Took My Turkey Out Of The Refrigerator And, Like, Threw It In A Dumpster Or Drug It Down The Street In New York For A While [it Will Make People Sick].

Very Good Cooks Who Are Employed As 'chefs' Rarely Refer To Themselves As 'chefs.' They Refer To Themselves As 'cooks.'

Cranberries Contain A Massive Amount Of Natural Pectins. They Will Gel All On Their Own, Which Is Why You Can Basically Make Cranberry Sauce Out Of Filling.

A Meringue Is Really Nothing But A Foam. And What Is A Foam After All, But A Big Collection Of Bubbles? And What's A Bubble? It's Basically A Very Flimsy Little Latticework Of Proteins Draped With Water. We Add Sugar To This Structure, Which Strengthens It. But Things Can, And Do, Go Wrong.

'outlaw Cook' Was A Revelation. Folks Like Jeff Smith And Marcella Hazan Got Me Interested In Cooking, But John Thorne Pushed Me Into The Path That I Follow To This Day. This Is The Only Cookbook I've Ever Read That Understands How Men Really Eat: Over The Sink, In The Dark, Greasy To The Elbows.