Authors' Answers: Melissa Clark

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Melissa Clark, author of "In the Kitchen with a Good Appetite" chats about the road her essays and recipes have taken from her weekly New York Times column to the pages of her last book. (By the way, she's written 30.) Along the way, she offers cooking tips, fires off a directive of how to enjoy food now--this very minute--and suggests ways to loosen up in the kitchen in order to get good eats on the table. She even tells what to do with a heap of burnt onions and garlic. The answer will surprise you!!

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