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Duo
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Certain things, he learnt, always go well together. Balsamic vinegar and citrus fruit was just one example. Parsley and onion was another, as was chicory and pork, or radicchio and pancetta. Seafood was a natural partner for zucchini, mozzarella went with lemon, and although tomatoes went with almost anything, they had a special affinity with anchovies, basil or oregano.
"So it's a question of opposites attracting?" he asked.
"Not exactly." She struggled to explain. "Anchovies and tomatoes aren
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― The Wedding Officer
― The Wedding Officer
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Where his boyhood retreat had been a cave hewn for one, it now accommodated two. He was suddenly two and it amazed and delighted, causing a stir in the pit of him, a kind of fibrillation.
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― Be My Wolff
― Be My Wolff
