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    How to master culinary technique, à la Patricia Wells

    The oft untold truth about cooking is that mastery is achieved through repetition. Patricia Wells believes it builds confidence atop a solid foundation of recipes and technique.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Jul 28, 2017 • 1 min read

    The oft untold truth about cooking is that mastery is achieved through repetition. Patricia Wells believes it builds confidence atop a solid foundation of recipes and technique. Wells has been teaching culinary technique in France for decades and has just published a new cookbook, “My Master Recipes: 165 Recipes to Inspire Confidence in the Kitchen.”

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    Appropriation in food, dulce de leche, mastering culinary technique
    1. 0:00Cultural appropriation in breakfast burritos
    2. 12:39'Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat'
    3. 22:04Jonathan Gold reviews Rossoblu
    4. 27:32It's the jam: Dulce de leche
    5. 38:54The Market Report: Raw milk
    6. 46:31How to master culinary technique, à la Patricia WellsYou’re reading this
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Abbie Fentress Swanson

      Independent reporter and producer

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    The full episode

    6 of 6
    Appropriation in food, dulce de leche, mastering culinary technique
    1. 0:00Cultural appropriation in breakfast burritos
    2. 12:39'Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat'
    3. 22:04Jonathan Gold reviews Rossoblu
    4. 27:32It's the jam: Dulce de leche
    5. 38:54The Market Report: Raw milk
    6. 46:31How to master culinary technique, à la Patricia WellsYou’re reading this
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