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Fats and Oils

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Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America

By Andrew F. Smith

Published 2004

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Americans, like all members of the human race, crave and need fat. Fats and oils are indispensable cooking ingredients and are essential to good nutrition. Yet, for reasons both cultural and chemical, today’s population is deeply ambivalent about the fats it consumes.

Michael Krondl

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