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Fare Exchange: Widower seeks advice for more eat-at-home meals

Good morning, on this eve of Independence Day.

Today’s request will tug at our collective heartstrings, from a correspondent named Tom.

“I’m an 83-year-old widower, and I need help. I need some cooking tips.

“I have a deep fryer, which is the only cooking vessel I can use, but I don’t. I have a cookbook that came with the air fryer, but I don’t want to try it. Would you please send me some tasty recipes, along with cooking times and temperatures?

“And what are you supposed to cook in a Dutch oven?