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Outline of food preparation
Art form and applied science to make food ingredients palatable and fit to eat / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the preparation of food:
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Food preparation is an art form and applied science that includes techniques like cooking to make ingredients fit for consumption and/or palatable.