SAUCE, n. The one infallible sign of civilization and enlightenment. A people with no sauces has one thousand vices; a people with one sauce has only nine hundred and ninety-nine. For every sauce invented and accepted a vice is renounced and forgiven.
Ambrose BierceTABLE D'HOTE, n. A caterer's thrifty concession to the universal passion for irresponsibility.
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