The accompanying parsley, radish, red onion, pine nut and currant salad rounds out the plate with contrasting textures and lively flavors.

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In the past, he would typically consume a salad, a bowl of onion soup, a 14-ounce rib-eye steak with french fries, vegetables, bread and butter and a dessert--all washed down with diet Coke.

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Aboard the boat was a cloth-covered picnic table set with handmade clay dishes and mugs, holding corn chips and homemade guacamole, a salad prepared with freshly picked chinampa produce, such as white onion and tomatoes, and served with two types of ranchero cheese, as well as plates of Oaxaca-style tamales filled with mushroom and guajillo chilli sauce.

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Combined with fresh cabbage, carrot and onion, tossed in a bold, creamy dressing, it adds up to an appealing and genuinely satisfying winter salad.

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Start with the grilled quail with bacon and sage, then move on to the grilled squid and baby octopus salad with light herbs and lemon or the yummy grilled sirloin sandwich with horseradish and thin, crisp onion rings.

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Start with the grilled quail with bacon and sage, then move on to the grilled squid and baby octopus salad with light herbs and lemon or the yummy grilled sirloin sandwich with horse-radish and thin crisp onion rings.

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