With a salad, a loaf of crusty Italian bread and some red wine (homemade, if you were lucky), Sunday dinner was complete.

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Add tomatoes, a few glugs of red wine, some crushed red pepper and a handful of fresh basil.

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Someone hands Ms Kathan a glass of red wine, and she recalls some of the details of the afternoon.

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Some researchers link this with their consumption of red wine and, in particular, of a molecule called resveratrol that is found in such wine.

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In Chile, navegado is made by first caramelizing sugar in the bottom of a pot, adding a box of cheap red wine (even boxed wine in Chile is tasty), and then simmering it with some cinnamon sticks, cloves and orange slices.

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In some cases, a pink wine is a complementary, win-win proposition for a red-wine-maker, who will "bleed" (commonly known by the French word, saigner) some juice from his crusher.

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Now there's more good news: Scientists from Johns Hopkins University have concluded that red wine may also protect the brain from damage after a stroke and even provide some prophylactic protection before an individual is hit with this dreaded affliction.

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Some experts are also re-examining the role of common migraine triggers such as alcohol, chocolate, red wine, aged cheese and caffeine.

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