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The dinner table is a rite of civilization and we need to participate in that to keep our families together, to keep our communities together.

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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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