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Want a Great Meal? Try One of These Three Combinations for “Perfection.”

Even though I don’t like to cook, and I’m no foodie, I nevertheless enjoy the food writing of M.F.K. Fisher. Several of her classic books are collected in The Art of Eating, which includes the essay “From A to Z: The Perfect Dinner,” from An Alphabet for Gourmets. In it, Fisher outlines three combinations of people that can reach “gastronomical …