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Finally I caught on that what you buy today is ready--picked or dug this morning at its peak. This also explained another puzzle; I never understood why Italian refrigerators are so minute until I realized that they don't store food the way we do. The Sub-Zero giant I have at home begins to seem almost institutional compared to the toy fridge I now have here.
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We feel prepared to face the reality of restoration. We walk into town for coffee and telephone Piero Rizzatti, the geometra. The translations "draftsman" or "surveyor" don't quite explain what a geometra is, a professional without an equivalent in the United States--a liaison among owner, builders, and town planning officials. Ian has assured us that he is the best in the area, meaning also that he has the best connections and can get the ..
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POMMAROLA Tomato Sauce 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil 1 small onion, minced 1 28-ounce can of whole tomatoes, or 6-8 firm fresh tomatoes, peeled 1/2 cup basil leaves, chopped Salt and pepper Heat oil and add onion. After 5 minutes over medium heat, add tomatoes and break them up with a spoon. Add basil and salt and pepper to taste. Cook for 10 minutes on high heat, uncovered, to reduce it. Makes 3 cups.
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Naguib Mahfouz's Palace Walk, set in Cairo, a
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Now I find the stack of chapters I called Under Magnolia. Why, after many years, even open these flowered folders? Dare alla luce, the Tuscans say at the birth of a baby, to give to the light.
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And feigned innocence, the vise that keeps women "girls" well into their sixties."
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Falling in love with a book brings the same catapulting madness and zest that falling in love with a person brings.
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Ik hou van de spannende periode van afwachten, van de geestelijke en fysieke sensatie van bochten als iets geheimzinnigs naar de oppervlakte van het bewustzijn zigzagt.
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Wat een merkwaardige kronkel om het echte te bedekken met een nabootsing van iets echts
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