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The Toast

As you read this, we’re coming off a holiday season defined by gifts, overeating and toasts. There is almost never a gathering of two or more people where a toast is not shared. It might be as mundane as “cheers,” or, for the more worldly, “sláinte” (health in Gaelic). Aboard a boat, toasting is always in season.

While toasts officially date back to ancient Grecian banquets, I suspect that the first caveman probably grunted something to his cave

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