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MANU’S kitchen rules

This issue might be all about the Italian, but that doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate other cuisines. Ahead of

imminent return to our screens in the TVNZ 2 series, we asked the popular French chef to list the five dishes from his home country that every home cook should master – and share his top tips for making each one.

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