The lamb is served alongside Semolina Gnocchi covered in butter and sage, temporarily transporting you from the bustle of The Strip to the tranquility of the Tuscan countryside.

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It was there that my mother learned to make a traditional couscous the name for tiny beads of durum wheat semolina as well as for the delectable stew they are part of, which can only be described as an entire feast in one course.

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