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Pete Wells misses the days when restaurants gave you bread and ice water when you sat down: "When restaurants withhold bread, they can make us feel like children who can't be trusted or guests who have overstayed their welcome. Bread is loaded with emotional meanings not shared by, say, turnips or peekytoe crab." [NYT]

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