The barbecue is quite good, especially for New England, and she uses all pedigree meats: natural chicken, Berkshire pork, natural brisket from Great Northern meats, and all are served Texas-style, meaning emphatically unsauced, with three house made sauces on the table, sweet, spicy and Carolina-style, with vinegar.

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Still young and unhappily single, overweight and self-conscious about it, balding, socially awkward, and style-challenged, Sylvain is a kindly schlub whose innocuous manner and well-meaning interventions hide his neediness and his heedlessness.

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The flight controls live in the motorbike-style handlebars and there are no foot pedals whatsoever, meaning the craft could be piloted by those without the use of their legs.

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