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Regular readers know I’m a veal stock evangelist.
Veal stock is one of those magical ingredients that can transform a mediocre cook into an ohmyfuckinggodthisfoodisamazing cook.
Really, it’s that powerful.
My first piece for Gourmet magazine was about veal stock. My veal stock recipe is in the Gourmet cookbook.
In Elements of Cooking, a 242-page book about food and cooking, there is but a single recipe: veal stock.
I once asked Jacques Pepin about veal stock and he said he didn’t much make it. Ingredients weren’t at his store in Connecticut. I found this amazing, until I realized something important! It was Jacques Pepin! He doesn’t NEED veal stock. He could probably make Miracle Whip taste good.
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