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October,2011

Is there anything better than sitting down to a nice bowl of pasta cooked al dente with a delicate sauce or a perfectly sauted piece of fish with a light butter sauce Not if you are a lover of Italian food and who isnt Most of us have incorporated Italian recipes into our family meals even if we have only visited Italy in our dreams When tucking into to your pizza lasagne or ravioli have you ever stopped to think where the recipe came from Here...
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Michael Dibdins police detective Aurelio Zen has been transformed from the hardboiled detective of his early novels to a comic character and back to a hard edged detective working in a corrupt system It is hard to know exactly who the good guys are in Blood Rain Sometimes you are not even sure which side of good and evil Zen falls on There is little comedy in Blood Rain as Zen works with a division on the government tracking the Sicilian Mafia While...
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When you leave the bus youenter the mass confusion that is Milano Centrale the main train station in Italy I had printed out the train schedule before leaving home so I knew about when the next express train to Florence would be leaving I had enough time to grab a bite to eatand went to the little caf in the train station It was my first meal in Italy which was surprisingly good I go to this same caf every time I eat at the Milan train station and...
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I decided to take the bus from Milans Malpensa Airport to Milano Centrale the main train station in Milan I have taken the bus a number of times and though the trip is long it is no longer than a taxi and much cheaper especially for a single traveler You buy your bus ticket at a counter in the lobby after going through customs In all the times I have gone through customs in Milan I dont think it has ever taken me more than 15 or 20 minutes compared...
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