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COOKING HISTORY

By | October 2009

CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FEATURE! Stories of Bosnians and Serbs who staunchly refused certain meals or ingredients due to nationalistic associations with these foods are eclipsed by the memory of a pig squeal only equalled in cinema history by Ned Beatty.

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