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Italian food is all about ingredients and it's not fussy and it's not fancy.

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Wolfgang Puck
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: July 8
Chef
Restaurateur
Wolfgang Johannes Puck
Ingredients
Italian
Fancy
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