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Allison Adato is a senior editor at People magazine and the author of Smart Chefs Stay Slim: Lessons in Eating and Living from America's Best Chefsf (Penguin/NAL, 2012).

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Nora Ephron Films: Watching Women Writing

(1) Comments | Posted June 28, 2012 | 9:24 AM

Harry: "You were going to be a gymnast."

Sally: "A journalist."

Harry: "Right, right. That's what I said."

Don't you love how the women in Nora Ephron's films are always writing? I do. I find it reassuring to see Sally Albright, identified only fleetingly in When Harry Met Sally as...

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When Chefs Become Dads

(2) Comments | Posted June 16, 2012 | 5:26 PM

Their kids are their most valuable diners. But having a little one can upend the good eating intentions of even these food pros

Before they became parents, Quinn and Karen Hatfield had opened two iterations of their celebrated Los Angeles restaurant Hatfield's, one bigger than the last. His French-influenced menu...

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Top Chefs Share Their Mothers' Best Lessons

(0) Comments | Posted May 11, 2012 | 4:55 PM

In the spirit of preserving the family peace at Mother's Day, I'm not going to tell you the name of the award-winning chef who said about the woman who gave him life: "She's the worst cook in the world. She can screw up cold cereal." Nor will I out the...

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