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Recipes, perfected. A repertoire of reliable, classic recipes and fundamental techniques that deliver gorgeous results, every time, for cooks of every ability, in the tradition of Genius Recipes and Barefoot Contessa Foolproof.Stop searching the web for what to cook for dinner. From the best roast chicken to the most sumptuous brownie, Lesley Chesterman's perfected recipes have you covered - tonight, and always. When Montreal's favorite food critic, Lesley Chesterman, was approached ten years ago to write a cookbook, she laughed and said: "The last thing the world needs is another recipe for carbonara." She never forgot the editor's reply: "True. But I think they might like your recipe for carbonara." That comment resonated, because carbonara, like so many dishes, is a recipe Lesley has worked tirelessly to get just right.