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Editor-In-Chief John Fox talks about Jean-Robert de Cavel's influence on today's chefs.

"Extinguish Holiday Heartburn" (Health, November 2011) is timely and interesting. I'm surprised, though, that you didn't mention sodium bicarbonate—old-fashioned baking soda. In your article "Go ...