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“Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; and good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts.
— James Beard
Chef and food writer
James Beard, in The Soup & Bread Cookbook: More Than 100 Seasonal Pairings for Simple p. 7
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