Flower power
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Saffron is a valuable commodity in India, especially in the Kashmir Valley in Pampore where it is mainly grown. Costing as much as $600 to $700 per kilogram after the harvesting season, saffron is valued for its medicinal properties. It is also an ingredient in alcohol, perfume, ice-cream and confectionery. Saffron growing has become a cottage industry in the country, with the entire household involved in from the time the flowers are plucked in the fields to the stripping of the stigmas.
Publication Name: Geographical Magazine
Subject: Petroleum, energy and mining industries
ISSN: 0016-741X
Year: 1995
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Authentic tastes of Italy
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The Langhe is a region in Italy that boasts of the best food and wine. It has exquisite restaurants, produces the noblest Italian wines, is the home of the white truffle and has the most talented chefs in the country. The cooking is Piemontese although it is less French and more rustic.
Publication Name: Bon Appetit
Subject: Food/cooking/nutrition
ISSN: 0006-6990
Year: 1999
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My liposuction diary
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Local anesthesia, lidocaine, was injected into the affected areas after sedation. The procedure consisted of a small tube sucking out the fat from small incisions in the skin. A compression garment is worn for the next few days. Bruises last several days with pain gradually decreasing.
Publication Name: New Woman
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-6974
Year: 1999
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