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Dennis Walcott officially becomes the new schools chancellor on Monday, but today he had to be content with playing chef. Walcott stopped by a Brooklyn elementary school this morning to make good on a promise that his personal waffle recipe is the best in the world.

Lily Potter, the P.S. 10 third-grader who originally issued the challenge a year ago, said she felt Walcott had exceeded expectations.

“He said one of his hobbies is cooking and I said ‘Well, prove it,’” Potter recounted. “He’s a man of his word,” she said. (more…)