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Of Course He Uses Tweezers

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By Alan Sytsma,food editor at New York Magazinewho has been covering restaurants and the way we eat since 2006

How does Michelin-three-star chef Laurent Gras cook at home, now that he’spermanently leftL2Oand moved back to New York?Better than everyone else, that’s how. [Laurent Gras]

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