Selecting a fine wine
For those more interested in finding a delectable drink to savor than being clever, the following might be useful.
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Serving wine
What is the use of buying and storing the best wines if you don’t know how to serve them? While you don’t need to be acquainted with by all the procedures a professional would follow, a little know how can increase the pleasure.
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Food in Morocco
Moroccan rich cuisine includes foods such as the popular couscous and tajines, skillfully seasoned to produce wonderfully fragant and spiced -but not overly hot- dishes. Both, couscous and tajines, are Berber dishes, but Moroccan cuisine also shows the influences Arab, Mediterranean, Spanish and neighbour African countries.
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The art of dining Chinese style
Chinese dining traditions go back thousands of years. The elaborate customs are an interesting mixture of practicality, superstition and social inertia. Westerners aren't expected to know the details but, as with learning a bit of the local language, it always helps. Following them will make for an enjoyable new experience and bring pleasure to a gracious host.
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An italian table
An Italian table is easy to set up. Italians lay a fine table and I can attest that Italian celebration dinners are usually long affairs. Sitting down to eat at four in the afternoon and getting up at eight in the evening is not that unusual when your host is Italian.
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Topic of conversation
On the flip side of a light hearted dinner conversation, from time to time we find ourselves in a quandary when the current news is such that it must be discussed. As an intelligent society, this is natural and a necessity. I offer you a commentary on how the news which is brought by word of mouth to our dining rooms and to our reserved tables at restaurants becomes a “topic of conversation.”