"So their combinations with themselves and with each other give rise to endless complexities, which anyone who is to give a likely account of reality must survey."

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. . . gastronomical perfection can be reached in these combinations: one person dining alone, usually upon a couch or a hill side; two people, of no matter what sex or age, dining in a good restaurant; six people . . . dining in a good home.

— M. F. K. Fisher