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" I don't have much patience for people who are self-conscious about the act of eating, and it irritates me when someone denies themselves the pleasure of a bloody hunk of steak or a pungent French cheese because of some outdated nonsense about what's appropriate or attractive. "

Anthony Bourdain

Eating

Cheese

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Learning

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Light

Dinner

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