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Very nice piece about the foodie details in Ratatouille. Makes me wish we'd been able to afford and get a reservation at French Laundry when in Yountville recently...

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Yet another article on how the US imposes different standards on developing countries than it experienced during a comparable stage of development, along with some good insights on the place of intellectual property in trade