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We've been so disconnected agriculturally and culturally from food. We spend more time on dieting than on cooking.

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Alice Waters
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: April 28
Author
Chef
Restaurateur
Chatham Borough
New Jersey
Alice Louise Waters
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Dieting
Culturally
Disconnected
Cooking
Spend
Food

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