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Who can guess where we were when we had this meal?





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  1. Jinjah CookieJuly 30, 2010 at 7:20 PM

    OMG...are you in Paris?!

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  2. EHAugust 3, 2010 at 7:46 AM

    mmmm looks like a Tajine- but I don't remember you headed to Morocco????

    do they have this in Italy? Wales? England? too!!

    Whatever it sure looks good

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  3. Beth and KatherineAugust 9, 2010 at 9:18 AM

    this was for all the skeptics re: British food - this was in Bath! Yum

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