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I was 23 when I learned how to cook I grew up around the same time. It was precisely then that Thanksgiving started to mean something more. Growing up, Christmas was always about me, and eventually you, when I finally started to enjoy the giving part. But Thanksgiving is always about us.

Rosecrans Baldwin

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Rosecrans Baldwin
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: March 30
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