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May 2024
27m 51s

A Restaurant-Critic-Turned-Cookbook Auth...

CONDé NAST TRAVELER
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What does it take to eat well—and simply? To find out, Lale chats with Yasmin Fahr, author of the new book Cook Simply Live Fully (and former undercover restaurant critic), for advice on shopping at local markets, how to make use of an Airbnb kitchen, and the joy of cooking far from home. Plus, she shares stories of island life on her home of Menorca.

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