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Jun 30 2012

Port for Thought

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So far, it has been a good year for Port drinking. And if things continue in this vein, my Douro resident permit should surely be in the mail. WhatΓÇÖs more, since committing to dropping two bottles orfPort a week three months ago, my GP reckons I am in far better shape than ever. Blood pressure is temperate. The pulse is as calm and regular enough to manage a Formula One pit stop. And a painful stabbing check produced the verdict of my liver being is as unblemished and pure as a nunΓÇÖs thigh.

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Jul 11 2011

Sardine Run-Out, Portuguese Style

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Sardines, not chestnuts......

The Portuguese waiter looked at us, nervously. ΓÇ£Sorry but we have run out of sardines,ΓÇ¥ he said in an accent that confirmed his three-year stint working in North London. We sat back and looked at the table. It was strewn with plates, chunks of bread and half-drunk wine glasses. Piles of sardine bones, stripped of their oily cream-coloured flesh, shimmered in the early afternoon sunlight streaming through the window.
We wanted more.
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