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Cookbook author, recipe developer, podcaster, and salad-slinger Hetty McKinnon joins host Kristen Miglore to talk aquafaba magic, Hetty's secret double life in Sydney, and why it took a 9000-mile journey away to get closer to home.

The Genius Recipe Tapes

by Food52 · English · Food & Cooking

Food52's conversations with the chefs, writers and home cooks behind the internet's most shared recipes — stories and secrets behind genius dishes.

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