Getting a Microwave After Twenty Years

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Hey A.G. newsletter people,

Sometimes I get a bee in my bonnet, especially when it comes to cooking. I’m not sure where the bee came from this time around — maybe it was seeing a David Chang mashed potato recipe? Or this Tweet by Tejal Rao? — but last week I got it into my head that we needed a microwave.

Most of you will find it shocking that we didn’t …