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" I make a lot of soups, and I love stews. My mother's a big foodie. She went to culinary school in New Orleans and has an oyster-artichoke soup recipe that has no cream in it but it tastes so creamy. "

Parker Posey

Love

Mother

She

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You

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Hollywood

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Strange

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