And it's nothing to make minestrone, but we have the best minestrone in the city.

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The usual dishes are minestrone soup and polenta with stew.

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Italians gave us mainly words about good living spaghetti, ravioli, pizza, arugula, artichoke, broccoli, chianti, minestrone, ciabatta, panini, coffee, latte and cappuccino, as well as vista, harmonica, piano and opera.

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