"So - voila l'affaire. plenty of information, but - my word! - what to do with it?"
"I give it up," acknowledged Markham hopelessly.
"I know; it's a sad, sad world," Vance commiserated him. "But you must face the olla podrida with a bright eye. It's time for lunch, and a filet of sole Marguery will cheer you no end."
(from The "Canary" Murder Case, by S. S. Van Dine)
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Reading a Philo Vance mystery increases one's vocabulary. Olla podrida is a traditional latino stew that is made of meat and vegetables and slowly simmered. File of sole Marguery is a dish that originated in the late 1800s and was especially associated with the restaurant Marguery in Paris.
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