"I wanted to make sure I was prepared," Ms. Pepin said on a recent morning as she sorted through old textbooks in her new classroom.

“我想确保自己是有备而来的，”最近的一个早晨派宾一边说着一边在她的新教室里整理旧教材。

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Anne Byrn's "The Cake Mix Doctor" (Workman) has sat atop the Los Angeles Times' cookbook bestsellers list for 20 weeks, above vegetarian leader Deborah Madison and legends Julia Child and Jacques Pepin.

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For the actively inclined, try the Ferrari driving school, the Ralph Lauren weekend in Paris, the bike ride with Lance Armstrong, the lunch with Martha Stewart, the Lebron James-hosted Miami Heat game, the cooking class with Jacques Pepin or the Julien Schnabel studio tour.

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