She asked in her perfect,... «A Cook's Tour»

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    east_villager
    25 сентября 2012

    She asked in her perfect, elegantly inflected French if I'd care for a 'digestif.' I'd said yes, of course. [...] When Madame Dai returned, she held a large glass jar filled with snakes - a single full-beaked bird still in plumage, entangled by serpents deep in the clear rice wine. I can still taste it.

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