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I have a love affair with tomatoes and corn. I remember them from my childhood. I only had them in the summer. They were extraordinary.

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Alice Waters
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: April 28
Author
Chef
Restaurateur
Chatham Borough
New Jersey
Alice Louise Waters
Tomatoes
Corn
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