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Word: liguria (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some of the dishes captured by Callen are famous but hard to find outside of country cottages and inns. And they can be quite elegant. Torta Pasqualina, the Italian Easter pie from Liguria, is made with 33 layers of dough to symbolize Christ's age at his death. And there is Beautiful Aurora's Pillow, a pastry puffed up by the immortal Brillat-Savarin that combines pheasant, veal, pork, foie gras, Cognac and truffles, which might be accompanied by pinaattiohukaiset, a Finnish spinach pancake that is far easier to eat than pronounce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Born to Eat Their Words | 11/23/1981 | See Source »

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