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Why recipes come with a page of personal history

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If you just want to know how long to bake a potato, you must first navigate a massive labyrinth of emotional baggage. Culinary authors insist on prefacing a basic list of ingredients with a sprawling, ten-page essay about how this specific root vegetable reminds them of their grandmother's tragic childhood in the old country.

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