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Celebrity chef Jaime Laurita dishes on his favorite kitchen innovations

CHICAGO - Cooking isn't a competition unless one is on TV, but most people want to do their best in preparing and serving food and drink to family and friends. It's that sense of love, of sharing, of spending wisely, of honoring the food being consumed and - OK, let's be honest - doing such a bang-up job of it you'd be bragging about your skills if that culinary masterpiece on the plate wasn't already speaking for you.

The creative cook can work wonders on practically anything,

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