I love mango. <br />And as we are celebrating a LOVE Holiday, I chose this recipe from Allende’s book to reinterpret! <br />As she also suggests, for love dates, to read love poems or stories or books, I selected for you my fave poem from her book, to read to your lover on V day: <br /> <br />Let us live, my Lesbia, and love. <br />As for all the rumors of those stern old men, <br />Let us value them at a mere penny. <br />Suns may set and yet rise again, but <br />Us, with our brief light, can set but once. <br />The night which falls is one never-ending sleep. <br />Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred. <br />Then, another thousand, and a second hundred. <br />Then, yet another thousand, and a hundred. <br />Then, when we have counted up many thousands, <br />Let us shake the abacus,so that no one may know the number, <br />And become jealous when they see <br />How many kisses we have shared. <br />(Catullus, verses to Lesbia) <br /> <br />Ok, let’s go back to the kitchen… <br />This sauce is perfect for red meat, vegetables, lentils or chickpeas!

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