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Paul Virant (born February 25 1970) is the chef and owner of Vie in Western Springs Illinois and Perennial Virant in Chicago. His contributions to cooking include introducing inventive canning and preserve recipes to the restaurant industry which culminated into the release of his cookbook The Preservation Kitchen: The Craft of Making and Cooking with Pickles Preserves and Aigre-doux (co-written with Kate Leahy and photographed by Jeff Kauck).