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Cakes
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There were poached eggs, broiled grapefruit halves, a rasher of bacon, and a basket of small oblong cakes that appeared to have been twisted and turned partially inside out before they had been deep-fried to golden brown.
"What are these?" Cassandra asked the waiter.
"Those are called Jersey Wonders, milady. They've been made on the island since before I was a boy."
After the waiter had finished setting out the food and left, Cassandra picked up one of the cakes and took a bite. The outside was
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― Chasing Cassandra
― Chasing Cassandra
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From my bag, I took out a Moleskine notebook and a pen that I always carried for essay ideas and made notes on the setting. The clothes and attitudes of the passersby, the kind of shops that populated the hallways, the cakes in the case, so different from what I'd see at Starbucks in the US- these heavier slices, richer and smaller, along with an array of little tarts.
I sketched them, finding my lines ragged and unsure at first. Then as I let go a bit, the contours took on more confidence. My p
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― The Art of Inheriting Secrets
― The Art of Inheriting Secrets
A very grand sounding way of suggesting a chat a nibble and a quoff. Turn up and join in when yo…more
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