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Cranky Agnes column #116

"Sedate Your Family With Love And Gravy"

In an attempt to bring health to the holidays, I adapted a recipe for dressing using using olive oil and high-fiber whole-wheat bread, and ended up with a pan of something that had a definite this-is-good-for-you vibe that lacked the all-right-I'll-go-to-hell flavor of true celebration food. But it doesn't matter, because while I like dressing a lot, it's really just a delivery system for the gravy. In fact, the Cranky Agnes Theory of Holiday Cooking can be summed up in two words: More Gravy.

from Agnes And The Hit-man by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Meyer

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"Well coffee can't be trusted, you know that right?"

Shep, in the comic Road Apples Almanac

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Louis C K

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My daughter would say, "Yes".

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Louis CK

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"He showed the words ‘chocolate cake’ to a group of Americans and recorded their word associations. “Guilt” was the top response. If that strikes you as unexceptional, consider the response of French eaters to the same prompt: ‘celebration.’"

Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto

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