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Don’t Let the Name Fool You. This Flexible Fish Spatula Can Do It All.

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By Katie Okamoto 
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I’ve learned to accept that I’m an impatient home cook in a small kitchen. I cook a lot of eggs, bake a lot of cookies, and have limited space in my utensil crock, so I’m grateful when my hand finds the walnut handle of my Victorinox Swiss Army Slotted Fish Turner. I know I can depend on it to do its job and never get in my way. When I’m hungry and rushing, other spatulas can make me want to swear off cooking entirely.
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Padma Lakshmi Says Trying New Things in the Kitchen Is Like Learning Music. Here’s How to Play.

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By Katie Okamoto 
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“My pantry is a very magical and mysterious place,” Padma Lakshmi told me one recent afternoon via a video call. True as that may be, Lakshmi, the former host of Top Chef and Taste the Nation, has made a career of shining a light on what people eat, and how we eat it, precisely to make it less mysterious. Her new cookbook, Padma’s All American, is no exception. In it, Lakshmi takes on the challenge of demystifying what it means to eat like an American, and by extension, how to be one.
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The Key to Thrifting True Treasures

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By Katie Okamoto 
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In this edition of The Recommendation, we’re covering expert tips for secondhand shopping. Plus: an iPhone sticker hack, where to find vintage flatware, and how an eBay yearbook became a perfect birthday gift. In my twenties, I dated someone who made furniture. When we moved in together, they told me they’d build us a coffee table. We were young designers who often made unrealistic promises, and, of course, it did not happen.
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