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  <title><![CDATA[Square Meals: America's Favorite Comfort Cookbook]]></title>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1984</original-publication-year>
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a cookbook I turn to over and over because its recipes are hits with my family and friends. Its stories of comfort foods from around the country are interesting too. This is the cookbook that taught me to make burgers that taste like the ones you get from a diner and shakes that please even ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52371322">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This cookbook is fun for anyone who is in that retro state of mind. It isn't one of those books with modernized recipes that take all the fat and fun out of the food. The recipes were updated just enough to help a modern reader find appropriate ingredients. If you want cook like your grandmother, th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39449285">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Fri Jul 04 17:12:19 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm so sorry to see that this has been updated.  The original is much funnier and captures the rich buy cheesy graphics of cooking up to the 1960s. <br/><br/>Read the recipes and you'll laugh until you cry!  I grew up in an Italian neighborhood with an Italian mom, so some of the things in her my ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26323901">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is so cute!!! I love the history of different snack and party foods. I've tried a few of the recipes, and they are a good change of pace.<br/><br/>PS: If you're worried about fat and calories, these recipes are NOT for you. They are the real thing. Butter, cheese, potato chips and all.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting book, but I have never come across such an appetite killer in my life.  It gave me too many unpleasant childhood dinner-table flashbacks.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A favorite cookbook for people who are are not afraid to eat traditional food. Try the Cincinnati Five Way Chili!]]></body>
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