Ingredient: Salt and pepper

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  • Tagliatelle and Chickpeas (Ciceri e Tria)

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        I’m sure that right now you’re saying, either aloud and making all your work-mates turn to look at you, or more sensibly, in your head so that nobody knows that you’re not working, “What the heck is Ciceri e Tria??!!!”.  Well, that’s what I said when I first heard of these words when we…