"Sara Jenkins' New Italian Pantry" is built around a core of 16 staple ingredients.

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But when I saw New York chef Sara Jenkins's new cooking app, I wondered if, perhaps, such a pantry could be.

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This all changed a few years ago when I visited chef Sara Jenkins's popular pocket-size eatery in Manhattan's East Village named, appropriately, Porchetta.

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