Dinner: A Love Story

Dinner: A Love Story

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Dinner: A Love Story
Wax-On Wax-Off, the Kitchen Edition

Wax-On Wax-Off, the Kitchen Edition

jenny
Sep 21, 2010
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My friend and Time for Dinner co-author Pilar Guzman has a theory about cooking from recipes (as opposed to improvising with what you've got in front of you). She calls it the Wax-On/Wax-Off theory. Remember how the Karate Kid had no idea he was developing muscle memory for defensive blocks until Mr. Miyagi took away the car-waxing cloth??? Pilar believ…

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