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The Table Comes First: Family, France, and the Meaning of Food The Table Comes First: Family, France, and the Meaning of Food by Adam Gopnik
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“The point of eating is to slow down time”
― Adam Gopnik, The Table Comes First: Family, France, and the Meaning of Food
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“parsley. Vegetables these days are chopped into tiny grass.”
― Adam Gopnik, The Table Comes First: Family, France, and the Meaning of Food
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