the table, missing a few other dishes...but tempting just the same!

An American in the Orient-smores and sushi

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April 21st 2005
An American in the Orient-smores and sushi for dinner Thursday night, my friend Bonnie, who is from Hong Kong, China, hosted a “dolci e apperitivi” potluck dinner. Her boyfriend is a Florentine who now runs the family resturant, along with his 3 children. Invited to this dinner were 8 other female Japanese students, all of whom have (including Bonnie and I) in the past or are currently in ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more