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Alton Brown

I spent a college semester in a small town in Italy - and that is where I truly tasted food for the first time.

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Alton Brown is saying that during his time studying in a small Italian town, he experienced food in a way that was new and deeply meaningful to him. This suggests that before this experience, his understanding or enjoyment of food was limited compared to what he discovered there.

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