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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
The effects of too much salt in your diet
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Spanish chef, restaurateur, author, and humanitarian
Marcus Samuelsson
Marcus Samuelsson
Ethiopian-born chef
The Sioux Chef
Sean Sherman
Sioux chef, activist, ethnobotanist, and educator
Paula Deen
Paula Deen
American chef
Ferran Adrià
Ferran Adrià
Catalan chef
Julia Child
Julia Child
American cook and author
Alice Waters
Alice Waters
American restaurateur, chef, and activist
Mario Batali
Mario Batali
American chef, television personality, and author
British chef and restaurateur Gordon Ramsay
Gordon Ramsay
Scottish chef and restaurateur
Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain
American chef, author, and television personality
Chef Bobby Flay
Bobby Flay
American chef and restaurateur
Jamie Oliver
Jamie Oliver
British chef
Rachael Ray
Rachael Ray
American chef and television personality
Emeril Lagasse
Emeril Lagasse
American chef
Lizzie Black Kander
American welfare worker
Fannie Farmer
American editor
Escoffier, Auguste
Auguste Escoffier
French chef
Grant Achatz
Grant Achatz
American chef
Marie-Antoine Carême
French chef
Marcus Gavius Apicius
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