'We need to work on your stomach. A stomach needs investment, it needs work. You really need to be eating a lot' The sexiest words any man has ever said to me.

They came from the mouth of the man sitting next to me at a small, family-run Osteria in Matera, in response to the rather fabulous paunch I was now sporting (the sort which comes only from eating very delicious things, too much wine and a lot of grappa).

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