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LifeToqué! cooks up a bookAfter 20 years, Montreal chef Normand Laprise publishes his first recipe collection
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Technology@chef: the soup needs salt. Hello?Restaurants have a new nemesis: real-time food criticism in 140 characters or less
BusinessKitchen crusadePeter C. Newman on a restaurateur to the rich who now wants to build schools in Africa
BusinessFrequent diners clubRestaurant chains are rolling out airline-style rewards and points programs to fill seats
WorldPlease pass the P.E.I. musselsThe BP oil spill is killing the local fishery—and making the region’s chefs search for creative alternatives
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