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Why Eating With Your Hands Is Better | Epicurious

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Alice Waters agrees.

Save this story Save this story Growing up, I remember watching my grandma make mashed potatoes for a holiday dinner. Sitting at the table mashing, she'd forgo a spoon and simply run her finger around the side of the mixing bowl to taste a bite. Similarly, my mom, finishing her salad at dinner, would just pick up stray leaves between her index finger and thumb and bring them to her mouth. She'd swipe a finger through any sauce remaining on her plate; she'd use her hands to take nibbles of any birthday cake she was slicing, running her fingers over the remaining crumbs on the knife or breaking

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