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  • Cook's Country

    Letter from the EDITOR

    May 04, 2021 3 minutes
    TONI TIPTON-MARTIN
    Editor in Chief

    THE GREAT JAMES Beard once said, “Food is our common ground, a universal experience.”

    I love that.

    There was a time when just about anyone with an interest in food and cooking studied Beard’s wise words and recipes—culinary students, restaurant chefs, writers, and home cooks alike. The man known as the “dean of American cooking” championed simple fare over fancy dishes with French titles. A

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