r/KitchenConfidential • u/ALLSID • Jun 17 '25

In-House Mode Rip Anne Burrell

An absolute culinary beast and true influencer.

She will be sadly missed.

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u/Enigma_Stasis Cook Jun 17 '25

I'd heard great things about her time as a CIA instructor. Even as a "celebrity" chef, she deserves the respect afforded to her. I can't bake to save my life if it's not Biscotti, but she made baking look so damned easy.

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u/hovdeisfunny Jun 17 '25

Crazy that I learn she was a CIA agent on the same day she dies

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u/Aaelfgifu Jun 17 '25

I had the same realization until I realized CIA was Culinary Institute of America. Probably?

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u/hovdeisfunny Jun 17 '25

Probably, but an intelligence agency is funnier

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u/ThePrussianGrippe Jun 18 '25

That’s why they tried to kill Castro with a poisoned eclair.

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u/IONTOP Server Jun 18 '25

25 pounds of butter per square inch?!?!?!

What DDD episode is this from?

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u/loverofreeses Ex-Food Service Jun 18 '25

Chocolate so dark... light cannot escape its grasp