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By the Big Sea Water

More than half a century ago, a young boy discovered a mysterious and forbidding body of water—and tasted a smoked fish that has haunted him ever since.
May 2004
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Killing Me Softly

Over the river and through the woods to Grandma’s house we go—where we will be fed. And fed. And fed.
February 2004
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Kitchen Warriors

At first, these San Gabriel chefs struggled to please American palates. Then they decided to cook from the heart.
October 2003
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Lights, Camera, Oops

Forgot an ingredient? Can’t unmold a cake? Yikes, a small kitchen fire. No big deal—unless you’re on live television.
September 2003
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The Right Stuff?

When word of his public-access TV show got out, this college senior watched the starmaker machinery shift into highest gear.
September 2003
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Good-Bye to All That

Cookbook author and soon-to-be television star Sandra Lee doesn’t see any reason to devote her days to tedious culinary tasks.
September 2003
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The Accidental Purist

On the occasion of Julia Child's centennial, we reprise this profile by Joe Dolce, originally published the year before Child's passing. The story is both a perfect introduction to Julia's immortal charms,...
September 2003
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Germany's Secret Garden

In Baden, where the Black Forest nestles up against France and Switzerland, you'll find some of Europe's finest restaurants.
October 2002
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Automat for the People

The saga of Horn & Hardart—a story that says as much about America as it does about the legendary chain—is told in a new book by Lorraine B. Diehl and Marianne Hardart.
October 2002
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A Spirited Garden

In Massachusetts, reports Dan Hofstadter, Cambodian farmers are growing food to build the community they're in—and to rebuild the one they were forced to leave behind.
September 2002
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