Condé Nast Traveller, July 2005, word of mouth, www.cntraveler.com
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COMACINA
We love ... Its Legend Diners on Lake Como's islet, Co-
macina, get a tall tale with their Northern Italian cuisine. Locanda
dell'lsola Comacina owner Benvenuto Puricelli lets patrons in on
a secret The place is cursed. As a refuge for deposed kings, Co-
macina was a pawn in the twelfth-century war between Milan and
Como, when the bishop of Como decreed that all on the
island would meet an unnatural death. Today, Puricelli performs
an "exorcism of fire," igniting the coffee and brandy that everyone
must drinkto ensure safe passage back to the mainland
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