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September 28, 2022

The ultimate cheesecake recipe: How to make it

Basque cheesecake has been around for decades, but it seems like the rest of the world is just catching on to this easy, impressive and incredibly luxurious dessert.

Originating from the city of San Sebastián in northern Spain, Basque cheesecake is the purest imaginable form of the dessert. Made from just cream cheese, cream, eggs, sugar and a touch of flour, it doesn’t have anywhere to hide when it comes to flavor.

And while made with the same basic ingredients as the more familiar form we know so well here in the States, it seems a world away in terms of taste and texture.

With a creamy, custardy interior and a deeply browned, caramelized exterior, it tastes like a cross between cheesecake and crème brûlée, with none of the denseness of our classic cheesecake.

The process of making it is also very different.

Traditional cheesecake, while delicious, can be a tedious experience for the baker. It also typically takes multiple steps: making a crust and baking the cake, low and slow, in a foil-wrapped pan set in a water bath to prevent the top from cracking. It also takes a full day, when you add up the baking, cooling and chilling time, before you can even think about cutting into it. It’s a commitment, to say the least.

Basque cheesecake, on the other hand, comes together in minutes. With no crust, you only have the filling to mix together. The hardest part is lining the springform pan with parchment paper and, thanks to a tip from a friend in Spain, that’s not difficult, either.

The trick is to wad the parchment into a ball, get it wet and squeeze out the excess liquid. This makes the paper more pliable and easier to get into the edges of the bottom of the pan.

Instead of baking for a long time in a low-heat oven, this cake starts with the oven at full blast, then cooks for 45 minutes or less. I would say it’s foolproof, but it does take some attention at the end of the baking process, as overcooking means you may not get the delightful gooeyness in the middle that’s so integral to its charm.

When it’s done, the top will be dark brown and the edges will be set, but the center will still be very jiggly. So jiggly, in fact, that you may think “This can’t be right,” but it is. It will firm up just enough to hold its form when sliced. Oh, and it’s served at room temperature, so no need to wait until it’s chilled before sinking a fork into your new favorite cheesecake.

Basque Cheesecake (Tarta de Queso)

Makes one (9-inch) cheesecake.

With a deliciously smooth and creamy interior and a deeply caramelized exterior, this incredibly easy Spanish dessert will make you rethink everything you know about cheesecake. Note: This cheesecake is traditionally served at room temperature. It’s also delicious when chilled, although it does firm up a bit in the process. From Meredith Deeds.

• 2 lb. cream cheese, softened

• 1 1/2 c. sugar

• 6 large eggs

• 1 1/3 c. heavy cream

• 3/4 tsp. salt

• 3 tbsp. all-purpose flour

Directions

Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 500 degrees.

Take two sheets of 16- by 12-inch parchment paper and crumple each into a ball. Wet both balls of paper and squeeze out any excess liquid. (Wetting the paper will help you form it into the pan.) Uncrumple the parchment, shake off any remaining drops of water, and overlap the two sheets in a cross, pressing them into a 9-inch springform pan to completely cover the bottom and sides of the pan. Don’t worry if the paper isn’t completely flat against the sides.

Place the cream cheese and sugar into a large mixing bowl. Using an electric or stand mixer, mix together on medium-high speed until completely smooth, scraping down the sides as necessary. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Stir in the cream and salt. Using a fine-meshed strainer, sift the flour over the batter and stir it in, just until combined. (You can use a food processor to mix the batter, but you will need one with a 14-cup capacity.)

Pour the batter into the prepared pan, making sure the parchment is pushed back enough to expose the top, and transfer the pan to the middle rack in the oven. Immediately turn heat down to 425 degrees. Bake the cheesecake for 40 to 50 minutes, rotating pan twice during the baking process to ensure even browning, until the top is deeply browned, the edges are just set, and the center is still quite jiggly. Begin checking the cake at 35 minutes and continue to monitor closely until done.

Remove the cheesecake from the oven and place it on a rack; cool the cake for 20 minutes and carefully remove the springform pan’s ring. Continue to cool to room temperature before slicing. Serve the cheesecake at room temperature or refrigerate and serve chilled.

Store leftover cheesecake in the refrigerator.

Meredith Deeds is a cookbook author and food writer from Edina. Reach her at meredithdeeds@gmail.com. Follow her on Instagram at @meredithdeeds.

September 28, 2022

The 9 Kitchen Tools Every Beginner Cook Needs

If you’re just starting out in the kitchen, beginning with the right set of kitchen tools is your first priority. The last thing you want in the middle of a recipe is to read an instruction like “whisk the eggs” and not have a whisk on hand.

But don’t fear! As a culinary dietitian and the author of The Best 3-Ingredient Cookbook: 100 Fast & Easy Recipes for Everyone, I know what beginners need, and many of these tools listed below come from a list in my cookbook.

After you gather your kitchen tools, your next task will be to find simple, easy, and tasty recipes to start cooking like The Easiest Recipes To Make Right Now or Easy Recipes You Need in Your Meal Prep Routine.

Cuisinart Non-stick Skillet — Courtesy of Amazon

This pan has slanted sides and is sometimes referred to as a frying pan. It’s typically used for quick-cooking recipes where you move the ingredients around a lot inside the pan. Opt for a smaller one if you’re cooking for 1 or 2 people, and a large one if you’re cooking for several people like a family of 4 or 6. I also suggest purchasing a skillet with a cover.

What I recommend: Cuisinart Nonstick, 12-Inch, Skillet w/Glass Cover, $39.95.

A saucepan has high sides and is good for many recipes including cooking vegetables, grains, pasta, and of course, sauces. Do look for saucepans with covers, which will help you cook grain dishes. Start with one or two to see what your needs are.

What I recommend: T-fal Performa Stainless Steel Sauce Pan Cookware, 3-Quart, $22.49.

For beginner cooks, I recommend following the recipes as written, which often means measuring out your ingredients. Having a standard set of measuring cups and spoons will make things easier than guessing the actual measurement and your food will come out much tastier, too.

What I recommend: OXO Good Grips Plastic Measuring Cups and Spoons Set, $17.98.

From mixing muffin batters, tossing a salad, or making mashed potatoes, mixing bowls are needed in most recipes. Purchase a set of at least three (small, medium, and large) that nestle inside each other for easy storage.

What I recommend: Glad Mixing Bowls with Pour Spout, Set of 3, $12.49.

Umite Baking Sheets — Courtesy of Amazon

Available rimmed and unrimmed, baking sheets are essential for roasting vegetables, baking cookies, and even cooking proteins. I recommend starting with a set of two because most ovens can handle two sheet pans at a time, which can also cut back on cooking time.

What I recommend: Umite Chef Stainless Steel Baking Sheet, Set of 2, $21.99.

You don’t need to start your cooking experience by investing in an expensive knife set. Instead, start with a chef’s knife for chopping, slicing, and dicing. A smaller paring knife is used to peel fruits and vegetables, to slice garlic, or to perform other detailed cutting.

What I recommend: DV Knife 8 inch Chef’s Knife, 4 inch Paring Knife, $10.99

A good solid surface for cutting will prevent your countertops from being worn. It’s also perfect for chopping, slicing, and dicing fruits, vegetables, meats and other foods. It’s best practice to have at least two cutting boards, one for fruits and vegetables and one for raw meats and poultry, in order to prevent cross-contamination.

What I recommend: Gorilla Grip Durable Kitchen Cutting Board, $18.99.

Colanders have many uses like washing vegetables and fruits, or draining pasta and beans. Have at least one in arm’s reach in your kitchen.

What I recommend: HiramWare Stainless Steel Colander, $12.95.

Some basic utensils to have in your kitchen include a whisk for egg dishes or sauces, a spatula for turning roasted vegetables or flipping pancakes, a pair of tongs to grab meat when it’s hot off the stove, and cooking spoons for mixing chili, soups, or sauces when they’re cooking.

What I recommend: Umite Chef Kitchen Cooking Utensils Set, $32.99

We know that just starting off in the kitchen can feel like a really daunting task, but with these kitchen tools, you’ll hopefully begin to feel more prepared and find more confidence with cooking in no time. Before you know it, you’ll be inviting your friends and family over for a dinner party to show off your new skills.

September 28, 2022

How to Use Baijiu in Cocktails, Plus Five Recipes To Try

Just a 10 years back, asking for baijiu at a bar would probably guide to bewildered appears. But American bars are embracing the historic Chinese grain spirit that was after viewed as also funky, way too pungent, or usually way too challenging to operate with. Currently, baijiu has found its way into almost everything from Jell-O photographs to Daiquiris.

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Whilst it’s recognised principally as a funky spirit, baijiu is also expansive and various, coming a extensive way from its origins as a spirit exclusively served neat. “Baijiu completely shook up my preconceived notions of spirits, in which just about every spirit in the exact same class preferences relatively related to each and every other,” says Nick Lappen of Boston’s Backbar, “but that doesn’t apply to baijiu.”

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The manufacturing of the spirit consists of inoculating cooked grains this sort of as sorghum and barley with a culture of mold, yeast and microbes known as qu. By way of a approach of parallel fermentation, the qu simultaneously breaks starches down into sugars and converts sugars into liquor. Each and every distillery has a different recipe for qu, which can lend baijiu floral, spicy, nutty or umami taste. Dependent on these attributes, baijiu is classified by the Chinese federal government into four main categories, called “aromas”: mild, rice, robust and sauce (a descriptor referring to the umami taste of soy sauce).

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Right up until recently, buyers in China seldom regarded as baijiu a cocktail ingredient. As a substitute, for countless numbers of years, the obvious liquor, served neat, has accompanied food stuff. But stateside, baijiu has ridden the waves of the craft cocktail revival, thanks to scholarly get the job done by early adopters like Derek Sandhaus, whose textbooks aided demystify the spirit and articulate the nuances of its numerous aroma designs, inspiring a variety of new cocktails.

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Much like the different styles of rum, baijius from different types aren’t often interchangeable. For example, light-aroma baijiu is grassy and in some cases smoky, and will work significantly effectively with natural flavors or paired with mezcal, as Katie Weismann demonstrates in her Period of Strangers. The bartender at Spoke Wine Bar in Somerville, Massachusetts, builds the consume around Er Guo Tou, a two times-distilled gentle-aroma baijiu, and echoes the spirit’s earthiness by infusing it with fennel. To enhance this foundation, Weismann reaches for a in the same way smoky mezcal, whilst acid-modified watermelon juice balances the consume, offering it a refreshing quality.

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Rice-aroma baijiu, meanwhile, has a moderate flavor, similar to vodka. Lappen of Backbar (which hosts a baijiu pop-up) contrasts the spirit’s subtly sweet quality with fish sauce, 5-spice bitters and mole bitters in his Golden Yrs, which is motivated by pork ribs with fish sauce caramel glaze, a dish he very first tasted in Vietnam. The drink uses Vinn, a domestically made rice-aroma baijiu from Oregon, and adds a contact of maple syrup in a nod to Lappen’s New England roots. The cocktail is a testament to the way rice-aroma baijiu, like vodka, can supply a uncomplicated base for much more saturated flavors to glow.

The hallmark flavors of the strong-aroma category, on the other hand, are overripe tropical fruit and green apple on the front, with a funky complete. It’s a taste profile that can be complicated to perform into cocktails, but Lappen indicates matching it with in the same way assertive ingredients. “Bold herbal flavors pair perfectly with it, these types of as environmentally friendly Chartreuse, génépy and amaro,” he suggests. Lappen likens the style to rhum agricole, and he calls for a powerful-aroma variation in his break up-base Daiquiri riff, Mr.Daq, in which Ming River baijiu comes with each other with equal sections unaged Jamaican rum, brightened with an predicted dose of lime juice.

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Because strong-aroma baijiu also has notes of pineapple and papaya, it hasn’t taken extended for bartenders to provide the spirit to the tiki genre. Doommersive (formerly Doom Tiki) founder Chockie Tom finds that baijiu “has lent alone nicely to cocktail-creating and instruction [about tiki’s roots],” she states, referring to tiki’s background of co-opting Chinese food items. Her Dan Dan Tai, encouraged by New York’s Chinatown, is a spice-ahead just take on the basic Mai Tai, in which Ming River is supported by rhum agricole and a five spice–infused orgeat. Equally, Jef Tate of Chicago’s Billy Sunday also incorporates solid-aroma baijiu in his tiki-style Wei Lei (“taste buds” in Mandarin), which levels bold flavors, these types of as a floral brandy and falernum, to round out the drink.

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At last, sauce-aroma baijiu, such as Kweichow (Guizhou) Moutai (also rendered as Maotai), can be additional hard to perform with in cocktails due to its sophisticated, sensitive flavors that can conveniently turn into overpowered. This kind of baijiu is also dear due to its unique generation method, which involves costly raw elements and a for a longer period aging time. However, sauce-aroma baijiu’s distinctively savory aftertaste has garnered a sizeable admirer foundation, attracting aficionados and collectors who mostly provide the spirit neat.

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But when it arrives to cocktails, receiving inventive with a broad wide range of tastes is the name of the sport. As with a lot of other backbar staples, “the multitude of designs and selection of flavors will make [baijiu] so flexible at the rear of the bar,” suggests Lappen. And whether or not it is along with the natural, environmentally friendly flavors of alpine liqueurs or the tropical, spiced profile of tiki, there is a baijiu cocktail for every drinker. “When you put the unfamiliar baijiu in a cocktail with flavors that they are common with,” he suggests, “they’ll get fired up about it.”

September 28, 2022

Jeonju Bibimbap Festival 2022 to be Held as Genuine Cultural Food Festival

JEONJU, South Korea–(Small business WIRE)–Jeonju, a metropolis of gastronomy, will host Jeonju Bibimbap Competition 2022, a consultant cultural food stuff pageant of Korea, from October 6 to 10 in the vicinity of Jeonju Hyanggyo in Jeonju Hanok Village. Under the theme of Bibimbap, the function will offer you a wide assortment of community dishes alongside with cultural performances.

The opening ceremony, ‘Gaematshik,’ which suggests “opening the flavor of Jeonju,” will be started out with pre-situations which include ‘Hyanggyo-gil B-boy Contest’ and ‘Bibap Race.’ It will be followed by ‘Bibap Art Wall,’ a display screen of an art wall established making use of Bibimbap ingredients, ‘Bibapcon,’ a congratulatory overall performance by a fusion Korean standard songs group, ‘Bibim Gimbap Contest,’ a new-idea contest proposed by the festival, and ‘Bibap Archiving Exhibition.’

The crucial courses of the competition are ‘Bibap Picnic,’ a picnic at Jeonju Hyanggyo, ‘Bibap Party’ to get pleasure from finger foods and beverages with new music blended by a DJ, ‘Bimaek Get together,’ a get together to get pleasure from dishes with beer, ‘Bibap Theater’ to watch films employing wi-fi headsets, and ‘Bibap Table,’ a row of food stuff stalls on Dongmun-gil.

The function will also give around 20 standing packages to make sure you the eyes, ears, and tastebuds of Jeonju citizens and travelers.

Jeonju’s tastes can be relished at ‘Stories of Jeonju Food Masters,’ an possibility to fulfill with Jeonju’s foodstuff authorities, reputed family members, and subsequent-technology masters, ‘Insaeng Matchan’ to get ready dishes only for a solitary couple, ‘Bibap Restaurant’ serving Bibim dishes produced for Jeonju Bibimbap Festival, ‘Bibap Jumak,’ a tavern with Era MZ chefs geared up dishes, ‘Bibap Foodstuff Courtroom,’ a road food stuff zone serving a range of menus, and ‘Parasol Tables’ installed along a road by the stream.

A array of leisure systems including a crafts flea market, a parade performance, an exhibition of tableware established by learn craftsmen, and expertise, sport, and celebration zones for holidaymakers will also be readily available.

“We will build this function into a protected and balanced neighborhood competition model by running systems centered on cooperation with area inhabitants and small firms to comply with the COVID-19 quarantine laws,” stated a Jeonju City official. “We invite everybody to the festival to get pleasure from Jeonju’s food and society.”

The essential systems of Jeonju Bibimbap Festival 2022 will be held on a reservation basis. For facts, call Jeonju Bibimbap Festival Secretariat (Tel.: +82-63-283-1141).

September 28, 2022

Biden administration national strategy endorses front-of-package labeling, healthy school meals for all

The Nationwide System, launched in progress of Wednesday’s White Property Conference on Hunger, Diet, and Overall health, signifies a sizeable step ahead in the nation’s ongoing struggle in opposition to foods insecurity and eating plan-similar illness. The 44-site report brims with innovative solutions to some of the greatest issues associated to starvation, diet, and health and fitness.

CSPI is thrilled to see numerous of our best priorities, encapsulated in our July 15 letter to President Biden, provided in the System.

Very first amongst them is entrance-of-offer nourishment labeling. Front-of-package diet labeling will get to a lot more consumers than Nutrition Facts labels, will assistance them choose more healthy foods at a look, and will spur companies to reformulate products and solutions in a far more healthful direction. Individuals are frequently consuming far too a lot sodium, additional sugars, and saturated excess fat in their packaged food items, so to be able to rapidly identify foodstuff that are large or very low in those people nutrients would be a enormous community health and fitness advance. As one of the corporations that has petitioned the Foodstuff and Drug Administration to undertake required, standardized, and proof-centered front-of-package labeling, we are thrilled that this coverage is at the heart of the method.

Importantly, the National Method commits the administration to accelerating the press to reduced sodium in packaged and cafe foods by extending the voluntary sodium reduction targets it issued very last yr to go over prolonged-phrase targets. We’re also glad that the Countrywide Method calls for mounting a parallel hard work to cut down Americans’ sugar consumption—including, likely, by placing new sugar-reduction targets for various types of food items.

The Countrywide Method also claims it will “advance a pathway” for healthier faculty meals for all, dependable with previous administration commitments, like growing obtain to absolutely free breakfast and lunch for 9 million more kids by 2032. That pathway currently exists—Congress just requires to consider it, possessing unsuccessful to increase waivers delivering balanced faculty foods for all.

The Nationwide System also phone calls for considerably necessary enlargement in eligibility for the Supplemental Diet Help Application (SNAP), like for people formerly incarcerated, and proposes increasing incentive applications for fruit and vegetable purchases in SNAP, raising getting electric power for nutrient-dense food items for persons very likely to expertise food items, diet, and financial insecurity.

The Countrywide Method calls for leveraging the acquiring and procurement electricity of the federal government, like by “implementing and updating” the federal Foodstuff Support Guidelines for use in government amenities and workplaces. Hundreds of thousands of govt workforce, customers of the armed solutions, readers to parks and memorials, people in Veterans Administration facilities, and those people in the custody of federal prisons will stand to reward from powerful foods company pointers. We urge the administration to place this in the type of an Govt Get to signal its dedication to put into practice foods service suggestions at the dozens of federal businesses associated in procuring or serving foods.

Other salient components of the report consist of enhanced nourishment, component, and allergen data on the internet, as termed for in CSPI’s opinions to Fda in November 2021, and raises in funding and greater coordination for nutrition research (though no endorsement of a Countrywide Institute of Nourishment).

These actions would go a long way toward addressing our existing predicament. But there are some missed options as well. There is no mention of a national sugary drink tax, an proof-based mostly approach to lessen consumption when generating money for critical nearby wants.

The administration is to be commended for weaving wellbeing fairness problems in the course of the report, which includes leveraging housing and other neighborhood packages to enhance underserved communities’ entry to cost-effective and balanced foodstuff, diversity and inclusion in research and in the diet science workforce, and a target on social determinants of wellness. The report also elegantly integrates the worries all around starvation and public wellness in a way that is mutually reinforcing. We stimulate the administration to even more build approaches to advance health fairness and justice, like prioritizing foods sovereignty in US territories.

I search forward to collaborating in individual at the White Residence Convention tomorrow but the serious operate commences the day immediately after. CSPI will continue to participate actively in the procedure although seeking forward to turning the several beneficial proposals in the Approach into concrete steps.

September 27, 2022

Celebrity chef Josh Niland shares BEST cooking tips for fish

Celebrity chef shares the best way to prepare and cook fish – and why you should NEVER flip it to sear both sides

Australian celebrity chef Josh Niland shared his best cooking tips with FEMAIL
He discouraged cooks from washing fish and urged many to use fish weights
The top chef revealed that Talisker whiskey was his favourite seafood pairing
Niland is also hosting a pop-up restaurant in Sydney on October 21 and 22

By Shania Obrien For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 02:43 EDT, 26 September 2022 | Updated: 02:43 EDT, 26 September 2022

A top Australian chef has revealed his best seafood cooking tips to turn even the simplest of dishes into fantastic feasts.

Josh Niland, from Sydney, is the owner and head chef at the Saint Peter restaurant in Paddington.

He shared several of his go-to cooking tips and tricks with FEMAIL, including a special hack he uses ‘every time’ he’s in the kitchen.

A top Australian chef [pictured] has revealed his best seafood cooking tips to turn even the simplest of dishes into fantastic feasts

Josh Niland, from Sydney, is the owner and head chef at the Saint Peter restaurant in Paddington

1. The best way to prepare fish

‘The biggest secret to preparing fish at home is to not wash your fish!’ Niland revealed.

‘If you’ve bought a fish that’s been washed, then place the fillet onto a cake rack and place it into your refrigerator uncovered for at least 4-5 hours to allow the skin to dry out slightly so that when you pan fry the skin it gets nice and crisp.’

‘The biggest secret to preparing fish at home is to not wash your fish!’ Niland revealed

2. An unusual but delicious pairing for seafood

The celebrity chef swears by whiskey – specifically Talisker – when preparing seafood.

‘Using fish like Mackerel with a robust seasoning like salt and vinegar really helps draw out the minerality of the fish and the quality of the salty notes of a whisky like Talisker that naturally has a sea-salt taste.’

He added: ‘Chilli was a surprisingly good combination that came in the form of our tuna Nduja and finally the smokiness of the king George Whiting coming off the charcoal grill combined with the butter sauce was one of my favourites.’

Niland also said that Talisker whiskey was a particularly delicious pairing while trying to draw out the meaty qualities of fish.

The celebrity chef swears by whiskey – specifically Talisker – when preparing seafood

3. The best inventive cooking method

The top chef told FEMAIL about the behind-the-scenes process of discovering Saint Peter’s special Fish Eye Ice Cream.

‘Making ice cream with fish eyes has been an amazing discovery that we are having a lot of fun with,’ Niland said.

‘By removing the vitreous humour from the eye of the fish we have worked out that it carries a very similar composition to that of a chicken egg resulting in a product that has no taste of fish but the same viscosity as a chicken egg based custard.’

The top chef told FEMAIL about the behind-the-scenes process of discovering Saint Peter’s special Fish Eye Ice Cream

4. Josh’s ultimate fish cooking hack

‘There are many species and variables of fish, so my best advice when it comes to a skin on fillet of fish is to cook it only on the skin side,’ he said.

Niland elaborated: ‘It’s best to work with a fish weight on the flesh side to allow heat to rise to the weight which gently cooks the flesh as the skin gets crispy and golden underneath.’

The chef revealed that cooking the flesh of a fish often leads to the flesh getting dry and powdery, so using the skin as protection really brings out its source of flavour.

The chef revealed that cooking the flesh of a fish often leads to the flesh getting dry and powdery, so using the skin as protection really brings out its source of flavour

The celebrity chef will be heading a pop-up restaurant located at Q Station in Manly’s North Head for an exclusive dining experience that spans two nights only.

The three-course paired menu is available to book exclusively for a one-night only session from 5.30pm on October 21.

But for those looking for a more relaxed bar experience, the second night’s guided whisky experience might be more their style.

‘I wanted to capture the wild spirit of the sea paired with key aromas of Talisker – smoke, spice and a sense of sea salt spray in the morning after a storm,’ said Niland.

‘Years of maturation made by the sea has lent a full flavour to this bold dram and this menu celebrates Talisker’s rich flavours while honouring the sea in a sustainable and ethical way.’

Basque Cheesecake (Tarta de Queso)

Celebrity chef shares the best way to prepare and cook fish – and why you should NEVER flip it to sear both sides

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