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elements" in the food of this extensive region as olive oil, saffron , garlic , "pungent" local wines, as well as the "aromatic perfume" of herbs, especially rosemary , wild marjoram , and basil , and the bright colours of fresh foods in the markets, " pimentos , aubergines , tomatoes , olives , melons , figs
" and "shiny fish, silver, vermilion , or tiger-striped". she includes cheeses of "sheep's or goat's milk", " figs from smyrna on long strings" and "sheets of apricot paste which is dissolved in water to make a cooling drink." [ ] the major culinary regions of the mediterranean with common ingredients...
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