But my compassion starts to slide a few weeks later, when Jasper taps on my doorway and asks if I have a second to chat about the Seared Salmon with Broccoli Rabe. “I noticed you spelled ‘rabe’ with a b,” he says. “But I’m pretty sure ‘rape’ is the more common spelling.” “Yeah, that was a four-way judgment call. There’s also ‘raab’ and ‘rapini,’” I say, jotting them on my whiteboard. “AP doesn’t list a preference, but of the big recipe websites, most use ‘rabe,’ so that’s how I made my decision.” My use of “decision” instead of “recommendation” is not accidental. “What I generally do in that
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