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		<title>Kerr, Jean -- Essay (1957-08), &#8220;Aunt Jean&#8217;s Marshmallow Fudge Diet,&#8221; Harper&#8217;s Magazine, Vol. 215, No. 1287</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have formed the habit of checking on every new diet that comes along, you will find that, mercifully, they all blur together, leaving you with only one definite piece of information: french-fried potatoes are out. Collected in Please Don’t Eat the Daisies (1957).]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you have formed the habit of checking on every new diet that comes along, you will find that, mercifully, they all blur together, leaving you with only one definite piece of information: french-fried potatoes are out.</p>
<br><b>Jean Kerr</b> (1922-2003) American author and playwright [b. Bridget Jean Collins]<br>Essay (1957-08), &#8220;Aunt Jean&#8217;s Marshmallow Fudge Diet,&#8221; <i>Harper&#8217;s Magazine</i>, Vol. 215, No. 1287 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://harpers.org/archive/1957/08/aunt-jeans-marshmallow-fudge-diet/" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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<a href="https://archive.org/details/pleasedonteatdai0000jean_z0o0/page/170/mode/2up?q=%22every+new+diet%22">Collected</a> in <i>Please Don’t Eat the Daisies</i> (1957).						</span>
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