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It may shock some, but there are plenty of highly renown chefs who swear by cooking with a microwave, including this six-time James Beard award winner.

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Is any appliance more singularly American than the microwave? Accidentally invented by a Raytheon engineer named Percy Spencer in 1945, the microwave has played many parts in our prosperous post-war ...

Registered dietitians share quick, nourishing dinners that still provide protein, fiber and flavor with minimal prep.