After a meal this rich, one begins to understand why the Romans ate while reclining, and lighter dessert options beckon, like the silky disk of panna cotta or the fresh berry sorbetto.

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At lunch I sipped a glass of the rich, fruity stuff along with a delicious meal of baked beans (lobia), fried potatoes, eggplant, green leeks, and puffy Georgian flat bread -- all homemade, all home-grown.

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Indeed, for predators able to attack the core of a group directly, the rich choice of targets there might actually make it a better place to look for a meal.

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