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To have a tough-as-nails, foul-mouthed, trash-talking female line cook on your team can be a true joy —

Drawing Out Sweetness

Alison Roman: “People are so brand-conscious now, and I think they’ve become that way about food. ‘Are those the Fishwife anchovies?’ No, it’s Cento. Or some Spanish brand you’ve never heard of, but it’s the same anchovies inside the tin. People are too conscious about choosing the ‘right’ thing that signifies their taste level, or who they are as

I’d downsized substantially before moving to Paris years earlier, spending months getting rid of almost everything I owned before I left, arriving with just a few suitcases. I vowed not to amass so much stuff ever again and not cram my small apartment with clothes, kitchenware, and cookbooks, and would only have the essentials in my new, simplified