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Food is the rare moral arena in which the ethical choice is generally the one more likely to make you groan with pleasure.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
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Food
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Groan
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