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tortoni

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tortoni [tɔːˈtəʊnɪ]
n
(Cookery) a rich ice cream often flavoured with sherry
[from Italian: probably from the name of a 19th-century Italian caterer in Paris]
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Byline: KEVIN ASHTON "According to his diaries, when Neapolitan ice-cream maker Giuseppe Tortoni came to Paris aged 23 to make his fortune in 1798 he brought with him 'an ancient and ailing mother, an ugly and bothersome wife, three illmannered children and a swaybacked horse, the only member of my family who has any sympathies for my ambitions.
dining: eating in; Each week we bring you a cut-out-and-keep recipe ... by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
The 1858 Café Tortoni is the focal point of Buenos Aires'' social life.
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For an intimate intro to the music, you can't beat tango seductress Maria Volonte's Thursday-night cabaret show at Cafe Tortoni, the classiest of the city's old-world cafes.
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