[Y]ou would think happy wedding guests would tuck in with gusto-yet ... [i]t's mourners at funerals who scoff.”
"Because this is food as human comfort, plus respect for the national gods. We are one with our ancestors and one with our fellow mourners. (Lindsey Davis)

[Y]ou would think happy wedding guests would tuck in with gusto-yet ... [i]t's mourners at funerals who scoff.” "Because this is food as human comfort, plus respect for the national gods. We are one with our ancestors and one with our fellow mourners.

Lindsey Davis

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