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Red apples

Will an apple a day keep the doctor away?

Bechamel sauce sprinkled with nutmeg

Did Béchamel sauce originate in Italy?

Hollandaise sauce, in ribbon stage, falling from a spoon

Flirting with French cuisine

Cooked offal and eggs

Do you eat offal (organ meats)? Why not?

Youtiao (Chinese fried dough)

Is youtiao the ancestor of churros?

Khao lam: Thai sweet sticky rice cooked in bamboo

Khao lam: Thai sticky rice cooked in bamboo

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Okonomiyaki

Okonomiyaki

10-minute shrimp, peas and cashew stir fry

10-minute shrimp, peas and cashew stir fry

Slow cooker callos

Slow cooker callos

Ginger scallion mussel soup

Do mussels and clams need to be soaked before cooking?

Stringed snap peas

Are snow peas the same as snap peas?

Fettucine aglio e olio with mussels

Fettuccine aglio e olio with mussels

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