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I believe every editor should stand to edit. That's just my particular soapbox. Some things are so delicate and depend on such fine, delicate work. One frame in one direction or another can make such a difference and it is, in that, like brain surgery. Walter Murch

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My advice to the women of America is to raise more hell and fewer dahlias. William Allen White

Women Advice Hell More America Fewer Raise

Advertising is the genie which is transforming America into a place of comfort, luxury and ease for millions. William Allen White

Luxury Ease Genie Advertising Comfort America Place Which Transforming Millions

Consistency is the paste jewel that only cheap men cherish. William Allen White

Consistency Men Only Cheap Cherish Paste Jewel

Reason has never failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world. William Allen White

World Made Men Wrecks Only Never Failed Force Repression Reason

No stuffing is complete without chopped onion and celery - they're the building blocks. If you want to deepen the flavor, consider adding leeks, sage, and/or hardy greens. Claire Saffitz

You Building Adding Consider Complete Onion Stuffing Without Sage Building Blocks Blocks Celery Greens Want Flavor Chopped Deepen Hardy

I have made cassoulet more times than is advisable - first in culinary school, once with a friend for a dinner party, and at least half a dozen times in the BA Test Kitchen. Claire Saffitz

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Press-in crusts are a supposedly easy alternative to the rolled kind, but achieving an even, compacted layer all over isn't a no-brainer. Claire Saffitz

Kind Easy Layer No-Brainer Over Supposedly Alternative Achieving Even

Turkey burgers receive a fair amount of disparagement, and it's not unfounded. Claire Saffitz

Fair Fair Amount Turkey Amount Receive

People are always asking me baking questions - from strangers DMing me on Instagram, to friends I don't otherwise talk to anymore texting me, to my own mother and sister calling me on the phone demanding answers. Claire Saffitz

Quince may resemble pears and apples, but unlike their fruit brethren, raw quince are inedibly tannic and sour. This means you do have to cook them, but the transformation is dramatic, and well worth your efforts. Claire Saffitz

You Fruit Worth Transformation Dramatic Unlike Raw Well Sour Efforts May Them Means Brethren Cook Your Resemble Apples Pears

I've always just operated with the attitude that if I work just as hard as I can, everything will be fine. Claire Saffitz

Work Attitude Will Everything I Can Fine Operated Always Just Hard

For rave-worthy soups, skip the store-bought stock. You can extract a cleaner, stronger broth from a combination of water and several pantry ingredients. It's all about layering powerful flavor-enhancers that you probably already have on hand - bacon, tomato paste, herbs, peppercorns, a Parm rind, and, of course, kosher salt. Claire Saffitz

You must pre-bake the bottom crust of a custard pie, but this is a tricky step in the pie-making process. Without the presence of filling the crust can slump down into the plate as it bakes, necessitating pie weights to help keep its shape. Then, once you remove the weights to blind bake the crust, the bottom puffs. Claire Saffitz

You Remove Down Once Must Tricky Slump Shape Bottom Step Weights Crust Bake Pie Blind Without Process Custard Then Help Plate Filling Keep Presence

When the urge to bake strikes, it strikes hard and fast. You want to get in the kitchen and start breaking eggs right away, so it can be real buzzkill to find out that the recipe you're using calls for room-temperature butter. Claire Saffitz

If you bake all the time, just leave your butter on the counter so it's always ready. Claire Saffitz

Time You Counter Bake Ready Always Leave Just Your Butter

Only bake one type of thing at a time. Even when it seems like you're killing two birds with one stone, baking multiple recipes at the same time in one oven presents a tricky balancing act. Claire Saffitz

Always bake in the center of the oven. A pan placed too close to the bottom of the oven will receive more heat radiating from the oven floor, baking it faster from the bottom. The reverse is true of something baked on the top rack. Always bake in the center for the most even baking and browning all around. Claire Saffitz

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Sometimes there is dogma in baking and sometimes there is not - you just have to know when to break the rules and when to follow them. Claire Saffitz

You Sometimes Rules Follow Know Baking Dogma Just Break Them

Butter that is too warm won't aerate properly when beaten with sugar, leading to a decidedly un-fluffy result. Claire Saffitz

Result Sugar Too Properly Beaten Leading Decidedly Warm Butter

My beauty routine has changed a lot since I turned 30. But also, being on camera more has made me dial in on my skincare and makeup routine. I have acne-prone skin, and washing my face with cleanser in the morning, using witch hazel to tone, and washing twice at night to take off all of my makeup has really made a difference. Claire Saffitz

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