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A TWIST ON THE CLASSIC ROAST CHICKEN EUROPE, 20TH CENTURY

Who doesn’t like a roast chicken (besides vegetarians, of course)? A family classic, we all have our own way of cooking it, including Alice Toklas, the partner of American author Gertrude Stein. After moving to Paris

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