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You couldn’t get worse food, or food more detached from nature, if you tried. If you have an apple, you’re connected to an apple tree. If you have a dish of set custard and half a glace cherry you’re not connected to anything.
You couldn’t get worse food, or food more detached from nature, if you tried. If you have an apple, you’re connected to an apple tree. If you have a dish of set custard and half a glace cherry you’re not connected to anything.
Approximate author period: c. 1964 AD · modern
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- Jo Walton
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- Approximate author period: c. 1964 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Jo Walton: documented birth year 1964; activity date not established. Wikidata Q438330, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q438330 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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