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Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.

M.F.K. Fisher

1949

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Eating Food Man as social animal

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Fisher, Mary Frances Kennedy. An Alphabet for Gourmets. The Viking Press, 1949.

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