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2023 selection · Nonfiction
The Secret of Cooking: Recipes for an Easier Life in the Kitchen by Bee Wilson appears in NPR’s 2023 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around cookbooks & food, staff picks, rather long, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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