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...than in the southwestern state of Kerala. Its lush coastline has been a magnet for seafarers for centuries, and its cuisine still reveals Portuguese, Jewish and Arab influences. These join a native storehouse of ingredients rich with Ayurvedic properties: turmeric is said to be good for the complexion, and cinnamon for digestion; curry leaves, some claim, help fight cancer. The groaning buffet at Samuel's restaurant, Marari Beach, tel: (91) 478 286 3801, near Alleppey, is an excellent place to sample this kaleidoscopic cooking. Besides fresh seafood, you'll enjoy typical dishes like banana flower with grated coconut and lemon...
...President and First Lady, she in a subdued beige dress and he in a natty blue-and-green plaid blazer, shook hands with the royal couple when they emerged from the car. Nancy dotes on Charles and Diana; they could be her dream children. Inside, over tea, coffee and cinnamon toast, the two couples, surely the most famous foursome in the world, made polite chitchat about Charles and Diana's recent travels...
After a glass of sangria (red or white, with the added touch of a cinnamon stick), the first thing on your table should be the guacamole ($8.50). Prepared while you watch, the fresh-tasting, perfectly chunky dip comes in a large, roughly carved stone bowl. Ours had a pig’s face on it, an appropriate symbol for our actions after we received the accompanying basket of crisp tortilla chips...
Good luck if you can’t speak Portuguese, because bakeries don’t get more local than Café Casal. Grab a copy of O Jornal, one of the free bilingual newspapers and request a slice of cinnamon cake or a custard tart (pastel de nata) at the counter. While the Dunkin’ Donuts-like atmosphere of this bakery is depressingly modern, the history of the tarts goes all the way back to the Middle Ages. When noble families sent their daughters off to the Church to become nuns, they paid their dowries in chickens...
...stunning Arabesque world map from the 8th century, Beatus of Li?bana, a Benedictine monk who tutored the Spanish royal family, describes India as "famous for gems and elephants," and adds that "there are men of all colors, huge elephants and dragons, the Monoceros beast, the parrot bird, ebony wood, cinnamon, pepper and aromatic reed. It sends forth ivory, precious stones, beryls, adamant burning carbuncles, and pearls." But, he warns, there are also "mountains of gold impossible to approach because of dragons and gryphons and monsters of enormous...