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Sample the local delicacy at one of the town's many restaurants or bring back a jar of tonno preserved in olive oil or bottarga, a dried roe that adds flavor to pasta dishes.
Monique Stringfellow: Sicily's Wild Western Coast Monique Stringfellow 2011
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These products are sometimes (but not always) labeled “gourmet” or “tonno,” and their consumption should be limited by both adults and children.
Environmental Defense: Mercury in Canned Tuna — Think Twice About That Lunch 2008
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I grewed up wif a MG TF brit red, no bak seet u sitted onnda tonno cober.
In teh jungle, de quiet jungle - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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For years I have loved cooking with fish...; tonno, anchovies, sardines.. yes, the "fishy fish" and artichokes, olives, capers...
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It certinly will be good when you have a puncture not to have a bunch of wimmin hangin out of the tonno askin you if you want some candy an should they get out. as ever sick of the army
"Same old Bill, eh Mable!" Edward Streeter 1933
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But the great majority prefer il subway or the tonno (= tunnel) to take them tantane (= downtown).
Appendix 2. Non-English Dialects in America. 5. Italian Henry Louis 1921
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During a recent visit, Mr. Fera's orecchiette di tonno patate e melanzane presented Puglia's classic ear-shaped pasta in an olive-oil-infused mélange of tuna, golden potatoes and bits of eggplant cooked to custardy perfection.
NYT > Home Page By NICK CZAP 2011
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Sample the local delicacy at one of the town's many restaurants or bring back a jar of tonno preserved in olive oil or bottarga, a dried roe that adds flavor to pasta dishes.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Monique Stringfellow 2011
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Served on a salt plank, the flavorful tonno is seasoned with ginger, coriander seeds and lemon.
LAist Julie Wolfson 2010
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A tonno e fagioli salad with red onion, cannellini beans, lemon juice, extra virgin olive oil and tuna is a restaurant speciality.
Stars and Stripes 2010
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