How the French Changed the Way I Think About Lentils

And the one thing that’s missing from my recipe

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I didn’t grow up cooking alongside my mother, a backwards chair scooched next to the stove, standing watch while she stirred a simmering pot.

Though my mom did most of the cooking, in those days, she was a registered nurse and didn’t have the time to linger over a…