Ceviche, tuna tostadas and taquitos, plus various meat and fish dishes cooked over a wood-burning grill, are presented on beautifully decorated places and enamel bowls.

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Admittedly on the cosy side, they are beautifully decorated with cute furniture, flower-patterned wallpaper and gathered-up curtains, and all come with a wall-mounted flat-screen TV and a funky little bathroom.

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Having completed the wrapping rituals, they deliver it to the people of Fin outside, who rinse the carpet in running water, and sprinkle rosewater drops with neatly cut and beautifully decorated wooden sticks.

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In 1936, she decorated her Hawaii hideaway in this style, a process beautifully documented in the new book "Doris Duke's Shangri La: A House in Paradise" (Rizzoli), the companion to an exhibition on display through Feb. 17 at New York's Museum of Arts and Design.

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