He is the reason I try to make sure he has his medicine, clothing to wear, food to eat since he is unable to eat all the food I may like because of a terrible problem with his acid reflux.

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To find out what it's like, I approached the state about living on food stamps for a month.

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"The art of tapeo is like a baroque, sybaritic game, " I read in The Oxford Companion to Food.

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The food at her table was like I'd never eaten before.

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And while I think success for start-ups like hers is absolutely necessary for changing the food system, the ethos of the meeting put more value on helping others than on making money.

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I'd met enough people like Claudia and Maria to understand how even the thought of food could cause them to lose control.

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