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Much of what we now associate with the Chez Panisse revolution in American cooking -- a single menu updated nightly, a stress on high-quality ingredients, an almost minimalist approach to food preparation -- was in place from the opening night, largely because the Chez Panisse was essentially an extension of Alice Water's home kitchen.

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  1. the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared; cookery.

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  1. the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat

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  • (This analogy conveniently ignores China Chinese cuisine, for while China may be homogeneous in race, their cooking is anything but, and varies from region to region in comparison to South-East Asian Chinese cuisine, which, while spread out over several countries, are not so far removed from each other as the hilarious pandering of American Chinese cuisine, or steeped in the over-salted / immensely spicy paradigms of some China Chinese cuisine.) —  AnimeBlogger.net Antenna
  • And while she won't limit herself to Ray's signature 30-minute meals, Martinez says her cooking is always user-friendly. —  RutlandHerald.com
  • The focus of the parabolic cylinder heated the oil-pipe to such a degree (bad pun) that 24-hour cooking was available -- according to the article. —  The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future
  • If making the Jeow introduced me to the use of the mortar and pestle in Lao cooking, making the Mok Pa, drove it home. —  mmm-yoso!!!
  • Much of what we now associate with the Chez Panisse revolution in American cooking -- a single menu updated nightly, a stress on high-quality ingredients, an almost minimalist approach to food preparation -- was in place from the opening night, largely because the Chez Panisse was essentially an extension of Alice Water's home kitchen. —  One-Way Street
 

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