However he realizes it is still but a tiny contribution to relieving the amount of food products that go to waste.

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In the country, dozens of people were crammed into a tiny house, with little food or water, and suffocating heat.

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While the food is unsurprisingly good (try the Maitake mushrooms in Pecorino Sardo crema), the portions are tiny, the beer selection is largely Italian and American, the glass atrium setting and retractable roof are modern, the wait service is formally professional and when I visited, the soundtrack was Motown funk.

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