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Why the Kitchen Is Actually the Best Place for a Party

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By Tarajia Morrell Verified
| Aol Verified
There’s a strange, almost gravitational force that draws people toward kitchens. Once purely the domain of chefs, as entirely off-limits to guests as backstage is to a theater audience, now kitchens are the ultimate antechamber, the wings of the stage, which is just out of sight—the more formal “dining room.” And an open kitchen is a stage in and of itself.
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Fatima Ali of 'Top Chef' Died in 2019; A New Memoir Shares Her Life

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By Tarajia Morrell Verified
| Bon Appetit Verified
Over the next three months I worked my way through the various kitchen stations. I began, of course, with garde manger, where I assembled cheese plates, shucked oysters, and organized seafood towers quickly to hit tables as the first course, as well as salads from my mise en place (prepped ingredients, such as chopped chervil, sliced shallots, brunoised pears), tossing and garnishing them à la minute (when each order was fired).
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SAVOR | Kirkus Reviews

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By Tarajia Morrell Verified, Brandon Stanton, Henry Sene Yee Verified, Stephanie Johnson
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A CHEF'S HUNGER FOR MORE by Fatima Ali with Tarajia Morrell ‧ A chef’s memoir of a life lived with hard work and perseverance, tragically cut short by cancer. When Top Chef’s “Fan Favorite” winner Ali was told her cancer had returned, she was given a year to live. Rather than giving up, she made a goal to travel around the world, eating at her fantasy restaurants and connecting with family and friends. This memoir was born from her dream to write about her adventures.
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