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“Meals make the society, hold the fabric together in lots of ways that were charming and interesting and intoxicating to me. The perfect meal, or the best meals, occur in a context that frequently has very little to do with the food itself.
— Anthony Bourdain
Chef, author and travel host
Alden Mudge, "On tour with a guerrilla gourmet", interview, BookPage.com, accessed June 17, 2007.
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