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is a businesswoman, baker and cookbook author with a particular interest in chocolate. She founded the
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reported that "Chocolate truffles were virtually unknown in the United States when, in 1973, Alice
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Medrich founded the
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Bittersweet: Recipes and Tales from a Life in
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