People who hardly ever cook at all, suddenly at the holidays, feel like it's their responsibility to not … - Ted Allen

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Habit creates the appearance of justice; progress has no greater enemy than habit.

Ted Allen

People who hardly ever cook at all, suddenly at the holidays, feel like it's their responsibility to not only cook dinner for large groups of people suddenly, but to serve things that are fussy or fancy or formal. And I don't think that's what anybody really wants, especially if you're not good at it.

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