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Thursday, 6th September 2007 by James Turnbull
For tonight’s dinner we’re following what might well be the world’s largest recipe – as it’s written in large type all over the surface of Google Earth. To start with, on the coast of Nova Scotia a vineyard uses the fields to do more than grow the grapes – they also advertise wines and their website.1 So we’ve got some wine. Next, if you happen to be driving down this…
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