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About Paul @mornayphf

Paul Freedman is the Chester D. Tripp Professor of History at Yale where he specializes in medieval social history, the history of Catalonia, comparative studies of the peasantry, trade in luxury products and the history of cuisine. His latest book is "Ten Restaurants That Changed America" (Liveright/Norton, 2016).

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