Mr. ABRAMS: The press said: Gee, this brown cigar stuff looks good.

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Which makes sense, considering that it's the stuff that coal is made of (lignite coal is soft brown coal formed from geologic pressures on forests that died millions of years ago).

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Teeny, whiskery brown shrimp, vast platters of fruits de mer, whole fish pleasingly scorched on the embers: simple stuff, simply served.

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