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But I don't want nutrition. I want food!

Alice B. Toklas

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Alice B. Toklas
Age: 89 †
Born: 1877
Born: April 30
Died: 1967
Died: March 7
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Autobiographer
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San Francisco County
California
Alice Babette Toklas
Nutrition
Food

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