My first batch of food.<br/>From the Italian table, I got (see left):<ul>
<li>focaccia - dry
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cured meats - basically standard sandwich meats
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a block of soft, tangy cheese
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sausage with polenta - very good.  The sausage and polenta paired well,
and also matched the nicely spiced tomato sauce and vegetables.

</li><li>
a coconut cookie (the top cookie in the picture) - tasty and chewy
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a good sugary cookie (perhaps lemon-poppy)
</li></ul>
From the Portuguese table, I got (see right):<ul>
<li>linguica (Portuguese sausage) - tasty and spicy</li>
<li>a moon-shaped battered thing with a gooey custardy inside</li>
<li>a soft, fried cheese turnover</li>
</ul>