Do you really want to make risotto to order when you have eight guests sitting there? No. It … - Anthony Bourdain

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Do you really want to make risotto to order when you have eight guests sitting there? No. It won't work. Most cookbooks won't tell you that. They will say make it and it will come out perfectly. They should tell you you're probably going to screw it up the first 10 times you make it.

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