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Americans are not a systematic people, at least not when it comes to measuring out cooking ingredients. Pick up just about any cookbook and you will find a hodgepodge of units—pinches, teaspoons, cups ...

Cookbook author Adeena Sussman recently joined The Washington Post Food section staff to answer questions about all things edible. Here are edited excerpts from that chat. Q: Joy the Baker has ...

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Nothing ruins a baking session for me more than having to use U.S. customary measurements. My Pyrex measuring cups and stack of measuring spoons are convenient for approximating and reaching into ...