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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Sutton, David E., 1963–

    Secrets from the Greek kitchen : cooking, skill, and everyday life on an Aegean island / David E. Sutton.

        pages    cm—(California studies in food and culture; 52)

    Includes bibliographical references and index.

    ISBN 978-0-520-28054-0 (cloth : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-520-28055-7 (pbk. alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-520-95930-9 (e-book)

    1. Cooking, Greek.    I. Title.

    TX723.5.G8S88    2014

    641.59495—dc23

2014006567

Manufactured in the United States of America

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