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According to Jill Dupleix, the Times cook, there are several basic culinary skills that everyone should have. If you can't do any of the following then you really can't call yourself a cook!

• fry a steak
• roast a chicken
• cook spinach
• boil potatoes
• boil rice
• make a mouse
• bake a cake
• mix a martini

Now I don't really class myself as a 'cook' more a follower of recipes; I couldn't bake a cake or make a mouse without following a recipe. But how about you?

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