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a calorie arms race disguised as hospitality, where forks become weapons of mass consumption.
roman rootsRomans vomited mid-meal to keep eating more
word originFrom Italian 'banchetto,' meaning little bench
medieval flexCooked peacocks were re-dressed in their feathers
diplomatic weaponLavish feasts have started and ended wars
record scaleOne 2010 banquet fed 30,000 people at once