It takes a little time, but the pleasures of cooking begin before the …

Umberto Eco
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It takes a little time, but the pleasures of cooking begin before the pleasures of the palate, and preparing means anticipating. ✨ Umberto Eco (2011). The Prague Cemetery, p.32, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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It takes a little time, but the pleasures of cooking begin before the pleasures of the palate, and preparing means anticipating. ✨ Umberto Eco (2011). The Prague Cemetery, p.32, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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