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On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
Hardcover
Edition:
Updated
Author:
Harold McGee
Publisher:
Scribner
Release Date:
2004
ISBN-10:
0684800012
ISBN-13:
9780684800011
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