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Chef Traci Des Jardins' Central Valley Roots

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Plenty of amateur cooks will be digging up crumpled, food-stained and torn family recipes this holiday season. But when a two-time James Beard Award-winning chef offers to share a few -- who can resist? San Francisco chef Traci Des Jardins' Thanksgiving menu incorporates her childhood, spent in California's Central Valley. We visit Des Jardins in her home kitchen.

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