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Enter tiny Gucci dress and untucked beer gut holding hands. They surrender at Waterloo to enjoy a crushing culinary defeat. Pleasant paralysis blamed on ballast-worthy braised meats and gratins every which a way. A dozen sturdy draughts draw the starting line for a list one hundred labels long, most of it bottled by Flemish-chanting monks. The cellar is all France and California. Lots of little lamps. Necktie not required, just everything that comes with.
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