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Cooking & Baking

The Roux Comes First

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1. I'm Nowhere Near As Creative As You, Retrograde

Reply to Retrograde (Original post)

Wed Jan 8, 2025, 12:00 AM

Jan 8

I'm prone in my cooking to start with a recipe, and when my wife isn't looking I might improvise a bit, as long as there isn't too much capsaicin or allium involved, if you know what I mean.

But I cannot claim to be much of a recipe-improvisor.

I devour Cooks and Milk Street, as well as the NYT food and multiple cookbooks every year. (My Korea is great.)

But, I agree, the idea that you could come up with a truly "new recipe" is a stretch. I have at least three recipes within reach right now that are at least first cousins of yours.

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