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Part 12: Fluffer in the Cold Section
A tale of finding joy in a difficult kitchen
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Memoirs of a Line Cook

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Part 12: Fluffer in the Cold Section
A tale of finding joy in a difficult kitchen
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Wil Reidie
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Part 11: Scallops for Jodie Foster
And breakfast with Shia LaBeouf
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Wil Reidie
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Part 10: Memoirs of a Fine-Dining Flower Boy
How not to make friends among Stockholm's Michelin elite
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A recipe for potato mille-feuille
Possibly the most impossibly delicious potatoes ever created
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Wil Reidie
A recipe for Finnish custard buns
AKA possibly the best pasty ever created
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Spring arrives and with it yeasty lemonade
A recipe for Finnish sima and impressions of Mayday
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On love and smoked lamb
The taste of Finland at Easter
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Very little... almost nothing
An essay about why today always matters
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Appetite
A short piece on food and loss
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Wil Reidie
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