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    <body><![CDATA[A compendium of random food writing from notable and rare heroes and nobodies. This book gives me a sense of American history and has taken me to the kitchen a few times already with its recipies. Would be easier to read if it were a more continuous book, but then it would be a different book.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[American food is great or was great before it was ultra processed, packaged and long distance shipping-based. Here is how to see the real roots of it. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a great book to skip around and find a chapter that interests you. Some great recipes!  Anyone interested in food writing should enjoy this.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[had to return the book- great to dip into for food related essays from unusual sources.  Tales of a Lillian Hellman's cocktail party, etc. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Delicious, exhaustive, smart, and recipes to boot.  James Beard's Beef Stroganoff...]]></body>
    
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