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Jun 2025
11m 39s

Mailbag Part 4

Deb Perelman & J. Kenji López-Alt
About this episode
In their last episode before book-writing hiatus, Deb and Kenji take your questions, about truly satisfying turkey burgers, no recipe recipes, the correct order of operations for burger, fries, and shake at home, and more. 
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