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How to eat a grapefruit
Many of the Tower Project books are handbooks and manuals of some kind, but until I came across a small pamphlet entitled “The forbidden fruit” (1905.7.3395) I had never seen a manual for any kind of food before. Cookbooks, yes, plenty … Continue reading