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Feasting is also closely related to memory. We eat certain things in a particular way in order to remember who we are. Why else would you eat grits in Madison, New Jersey?

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Jeff Smith
Age: 65 †
Born: 1939
Born: January 22
Died: 2004
Died: July 7
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