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Byline: Maggie Bullock
For native New Yorker Winifred Burkeman, the kitchen has always been about much more than just cooking: It was the source of her Irish mother's old-world remedies-potato compresses for burns; buttermilk-and-oatmeal baths for irritated skin. "I've always loved skin-care ingredients that come right from the fridge-so fresh, with as few preservatives as possible," says the ex-model, whose Brooklyn brownstone has long served as a lab for the coconut-infused body scrubs and neroli face oils she whipped up for friends. So it's no surprise that when her son, Max, came along four years ago-complete with persistent colic and hypersensitive skin-Burkeman started looking for gentler ...