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The Ole filter makes a pass ... from Bahstan ... had a fantastic dinner tonight, in the North End (Hanover Street), at a restaurant called Taranta, a combination Peruvian / Italian, beet salad w goat cheese, killer homemade ravioli stuffed with Porchini and artichokes, lamb shank marinated in red wine, accompanied by an Argentinean Malbec /
Critical Section 2009
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On the morning of the 23rd, at a distance of about thirty miles from the shore, we sighted the high land of Abyssinia, formed of several consecutive ranges, all running from N. to S., the more distant being also the highest; some of the peaks, such as Taranta, ranging between 12,000 and 13,000 feet.
Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia with Some Account of the Late Emperor the Late Emperor Theodore, His Country and People Dr. Henri Blanc 1871
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Peru: Boston Magazine ranks "Taranta" among Top 50 restaurants
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Peru: Boston Magazine ranks "Taranta" among Top 50 restaurants
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Peru: Boston Magazine ranks "Taranta" among Top 50 restaurants
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Peru: Boston Magazine ranks "Taranta" among Top 50 restaurants
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Keeping up the eclectic mix this year was minimalist Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, now in his second year as head of the 30-strong festival orchestra, and international guest musicians, as the La Notte della Taranta expanded its programme of warm-up concerts for the first time to the nearby baroque town of Lecce.
Record numbers flock to Puglia festival to dance to Italy's dervish beat 2011
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The first man to get serious about pizzica was Sergio Blasi, who founded La Notte della Taranta festival in 1998, drawing a few thousand to Melpignano, a town where locals still speak Griko, a dialect believed to be a holdover from the eighth century BC, when the ancient Greeks ran southern Italy.
Record numbers flock to Puglia festival to dance to Italy's dervish beat 2011
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Lecce's independent Undici Ottavi (11/8) label manages a number of groups -- some of whom have performed at La Notte della Taranta -- who mix the sounds of the area with jazz, rap and Balkan music.
Puglia's Fiery Pizzica Joel Weickgenant 2010
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: Taranta is just as known for its high-end Italian-Peruvian cuisine as it is for being green.
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