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Robert M. Parker, Jr.

"The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite."

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"So, what's it like in the real world? Well, the food is better, but beyond that, I don't recommend it."

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"When I get through tearing a lobster apart, or one of those tender West Coast octopuses, I feel like I had a drink from the fountain of youth."

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