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    <body><![CDATA[Why is Italian food so incredibly erotic? Oh, come on, of course it is! Just think of, to take the first example that pops into my head, the Bella Notte scene from <em>Lady and the Tramp</em>:<br/><br/><img src="http://images.easyart.com/i/prints/rw/lg/1/3/Disney-Bella-Notte-135863.jpg" alt="description" width="300" height="250" class="escapedImg"/><br/><br/>Or how about the Ninja Turtles? <br/><br/><img src="http://kidsdontgetit.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-pizza-tmnt.jpg" alt="description" width="300" height="200" class="escapedImg"/><br/><br/>Would they be the sex gods they are i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38751641">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Loved it.  The food, the wine, the fellas.  And I always love a re-telling of the Cyrano de Bergerac story.  It's one of my favorites!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[First,it's a juicy love story. Second, it's an interesting off-beat tour of Italy. Third, and most important to me, it reveals once and for all that haute cuisine is not an exclusive property of the French Very Italian, very gourmet, very funny, very sexy. Witty, satirical in places, sad in other pl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15154535">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The success of <em>Like Water for Chocolate</em> and <em>Chocolat</em> (not to mention their film adaptations), and films such as <em>Big Night</em> and <em>Babette's Feast</em> confirms that fine food and romance are a winning combination. <em>The Food of Love</em>, Anthony Capella's delicious first novel, follows suit and tempts readers to devour it at one sitting.<p> Laura, a twentysomething American, is on her first trip to Italy. She's completely enamored of the art, beauty, and, of course, food that Rome has to offer. Soon she's enamored of the handsome and charming Tomasso, too, who tells her he's a chef at the famed Templi restaurant and proceeds to woo her with his gastronomic creations. But Tomasso hasn't been entirely truthful&#151;he's really just a waiter. The master chef behind the tantalizing meals is his talented but shy friend Bruno, who loves Laura from afar. Thus begins a classic comedy of errors full of romance, culinary magic, and the sensual atmosphere of Italy. The result is a delightful debut novel to be savored by all readers of romantic comedy, connoisseurs of armchair travel, and the ever-growing audience for writings about food.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked it!  This book is a retelling of the classic Cyrano de Bergerac tale only this time it involves food.  Classic story - beautiful American girl, hunky Italian guy (terrible cook; only interested in bedding the girl) and not-so-ugly (kind of cute) Italian guy (who is an amazing cook and who re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75542464">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[So...I was going to give this one 2 stars (&quot;okay&quot;) largely because I bothered to finish it.  But then the last 30-45 minutes happened.<br/><br/>I mostly didn't like the reader, as he was a little too...deliberate...in his pronunciation and pacing.  Definitely too many pauses breaking up ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60766762">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[ Laura Patterson<br/><br/>belajar sejarah seni di Roma. Ia memutuskan mulai sekarang hanya akan berkencan dengan pria yang pintar memasak.<br/><br/><br/>Tommaso Massi,<br/><br/>tampan dan jago merayu, mengatakan pada Laura bahwa ia chef di salah satu restoran terbaik di Italia. Padahal sebetulnya, ia hanya pelayan biasa.<br/><br/><br/>Teman baiknya, Bruno.<br/><br/>Dialah yang chef, yang kemudian dimintai bantuan. Namun ketika ia juga jatuh cinta pada Laura, masalah pun timbul....<br/><br/><br/>&quot;Buku yang fantastis... membuat kita serasa berada di Italia.&quot;<br/>---Jamie Oliver<br/><br/>&quot;Menceritakan pemandangan, aroma, dan rasa Italia dalam prosa yang sensual....&quot;<br/>---People<br/><br/>&quot;...teks yang setiap halamannya menyebabkan kita bisa membayangkan pelosok-pelosok Roma.&quot;<br/>---The Times]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ngebayangin makanannya jadi bikin ngiler :D<br/>ceritanya rada beda dg chiklit lainnya, mungkin karena ini guylit kali ya :P<br/><br/>yg bikin beda selain makanannya juga karena sang pengarang bisa nyeritain secara detail bagaimana kehidupan di italia, gmn makanannya, kebiasaan hidup mereka, ting...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42303837">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I had so much fun listening to this book.  The reader was great; the story was entertaining and the Italian was wonderful.  I could have learned a log of Italian in this book and I did get to hear a bunch of Italian swearwords.<br/><br/>The basic story is based on Rosten's tale of Cyrano de Bergen...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39241166">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[fabuylous book, made me want to live in Italy!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[beli buku ini coz suka covernya trus ttg makanan..<br/>dan baca buku ini memang nambah pengetahuan ttg bahan makanan n resep masakan italia...yummiiee...<br/>tp tnyt gak bisa berharap banyak ya klo pengarangnya cow...<br/>ngerasa romance nya kurang gmn gitu...<br/>gak sreg hot scene si cew nya a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80501063">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Woooow... What a wonderful books/stories. Asli ini cerita bener bener bagus... Terus terang saya baru saja nonton Angels &amp; Demons yang berlatar belakang kota Roma. Eh, baca buku ini ternyata juga berlatar belakang Roma banget... Even klub Lazio &amp; AS Roma sampe disebut sebut... Meskipun, saya jelas l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37299375">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a quick chick-lit book that I grabbed while browsing desperately at the library shelves for some reading material. It was formulaic and predictable but I loved all the talk about food...and cooking... and Italy. It made me wish I was there eating my way through... and having someone as pass...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41777818">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A fun, funny, light-hearted book about food, love, romance and relationships, with a touch of porn.  This is Anthony Capella's first book and it will make you want to book a flight to Italy so you can find your own Italian chef.  I read passages to Jim as we were driving to Dallas this last weekend ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54892693">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[ Laura Patterson<br/><br/>belajar sejarah seni di Roma. Ia memutuskan mulai sekarang hanya akan berkencan dengan pria yang pintar memasak.<br/><br/><br/>Tommaso Massi,<br/><br/>tampan dan jago merayu, mengatakan pada Laura bahwa ia chef di salah satu restoran terbaik di Italia. Padahal sebetulnya, ia hanya pelayan biasa.<br/><br/><br/>Teman baiknya, Bruno.<br/><br/>Dialah yang chef, yang kemudian dimintai bantuan. Namun ketika ia juga jatuh cinta pada Laura, masalah pun timbul....<br/><br/><br/>&quot;Buku yang fantastis... membuat kita serasa berada di Italia.&quot;<br/>---Jamie Oliver<br/><br/>&quot;Menceritakan pemandangan, aroma, dan rasa Italia dalam prosa yang sensual....&quot;<br/>---People<br/><br/>&quot;...teks yang setiap halamannya menyebabkan kita bisa membayangkan pelosok-pelosok Roma.&quot;<br/>---The Times]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Detil-detil mengenai makan italia membuat aku pengen mencoba makanannya. Apalagi ketika makanan itu dihubungkan dengan darah panas orang italia. Tapi rada ga bangetnya ketika makanannya cenderung mengarah pada pembangkit nafsu. Malu uey bacanya :D]]></body>
    
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