Fictional Foods: 'Redwall'

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Fictional Foods: 'Redwall'

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51 minutes

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Jan 21, 2022

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This children’s fantasy franchise features food descriptions so lush that they’re one of the first things fans talk about. Anney and Lauren get caught up in the long tale of the food and drink in Brian Jacques’s ‘Redwall’ series.
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Jan 21, 2022

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Fictional Foods: 'Redwall'

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