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Major differences of opinion, marked by knife waving, glass banging, and head shaking, started when the lesson moved on to the actual cooking process. Someone insisted that no omelette was complete without a drop of good Madeira wine, stirred in with the eggs before they went into the pan. Pas du tout, said a purist—Madeira wasn’t necessary; just s