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When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce section, or a half dozen different kinds of mushrooms, or kiwis and passion fruit and durians and mangoes. Indeed, in the last few years a whole catalog of exotic species from the tropics has colonized, and considerably enlivened, the produce department.

—from The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, a book by Michael Pollan

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1. Sydney (sraney) 49.97 2011-04-15
2. Hannah (hhummel) 49.86 2011-04-15
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4. Ronald (rmclaughlin) 48.07 92% 2011-05-12
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