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“Do you think you could turn the pig?" Neil stared at her blankly. "The pig?" "On the spit. The porchetta." Zia Annetta pointed to the back of the kitchen, where there was a large, open wood oven featuring a stuck pig at the center. I grinned at Neil. "Welcome to Tuscany.”

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Book:Reservations for Two
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