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The Absurd Psychology of Restaurant Menus

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Would people eat healthier if celery was called "cool celery?" James Hamblin investigates the logic of food names with Arthur Meyer, the co-author of FUDS: A Complete Encyclofoodia from Tickling Shrimp to Not Dying in a Restaurant.

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