Throughout its 200-year history, the role of foreign powers has generated red-hot passion.

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Recent crowd pleasers include korokke (Japanese-style sweet potato cakes), casado (a Costa Rican meal of steak, rice, black beans, plantains and salad) and chicama cerviche de mero (grouper cerviche with passion fruit, japanese cucumber, red pepper, guava, red onion and tiger milk).

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My favorites were the red gowns, fiery like the passion of Latin lovers, and the black ruffled gown paired with an intricately embroidered black and gold matador jacket.

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The beauty of pink is that it represents a combination of elements: red and white, fury and peace, passion and calm.

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He bequeathed to his son two precious gifts: a love of language, and a passion for the raw materials of life and industry timber, such as western red cedar, metals, stones and minerals.

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