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Raw Deal

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Published on June 18, 2008 at 10:24am

There is an art to creating delicious baked goods without such ingredients, as there is an art to creating any great food. Yet the culinary world's practitioners, no matter how talented, are more akin to craftsmen; cuisine, like those ornate handmade candles sold at street fairs, can be savored only within the duration of its utility. However you wish to categorize cooking — or noncooking, in this case — it seems that The Art of Food needs practice.

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