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The Cookbook Test

James Norton
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One cookbook - vintage or new - every week. Clean, candid, deep-dive reviews. Hands-on recipe testing. Wrestling with the soul of food, on the regular.

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    Founding editor of The Heavy Table and The Cookbook Test. Author of The Master Cheesemakers of Wisconsin and Lake Superior Flavors. Always cooking, always writing.

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