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Contents Acknowledgments vii 1. Feeding Friends and Others 1 2. From Formality to Comfort: The Discourse of Meals and Manners 22 3. Dinner Parties in America 54 4. Sweetening the Pot: The Shifting Social Landscape of Sociable Meals 104 5. Potlucks 146 6. Artfulness, Solidarity, and Intimacy 185 Notes 209 Bibliography 219 Index 233 ...

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