Word: connoisseuring
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...banter was convincing and charismatic.However, the minor characters clearly stole the spotlight. The colorful array of characters included a creepy show host (Hessel E. Yntema ’09) who frighteningly resembles Hugh Scully, an eccentric, bangled appraiser (Kimberly D. Hagan ’09), and a guileless bird connoisseur (Jon-Mark Overvold ’09) on a mission to get his nifty Parisian telescope appraised. In a brilliant moment, Overvold snaps out of a nap wondering, “Have I been abducted by carnies again?”In the best-delivered scene of the show...
...problem that confronts English tourists vacationing in India is the difficulty in finding their favorite Indian dish: chicken tikka masala. As Lizzie Collingham notes in Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors, her inquiry into the origins of Indian cuisine, chicken tikka masala isn't Indian at all. A connoisseur of Indian cuisine might, indeed, consider it an absurdity: tikka (oven-roasted meat), is meant to be eaten without masala (gravy). This oxymoronic creation dates back to the fateful moment when a long-suffering Indian chef in Britain grew tired of explaining the basic facts about the tikka...
...longer should we pause and think about whether we can reveal certain information to others. No more should we stop speaking when we realize our geekiness is on display. To help others, I’ll reveal one of my geek-tivities. I am…a Sherlock Holmes connoisseur. I have every Holmes tale as well as books dissecting these stories. But the pièce de résistance of my obsession is a small four-inch bronze bust of Holmes which gazes down from my shelf, reminding me to think critically about situations. Before you laugh, remember...
...Some of these babies range upward of an eye- and cork-popping $3,000. But that's something the well-heeled patrons of both establishments seem to take in their stride. Bordeaux connoisseur and former Hospiz owner Adi Werner (his son Florian took the reins in 1997) started collecting supersized bottles in 1980 after he learned of those supplied by French wineries to the 19th century Russian Imperial court. He persuaded renowned producer Château Haut-Marbuzet to start thinking big once again, and other major producers like Château Mouton-Rothschild and Château Cheval-Blanc...
...boast one of the world's prime collections of Bordeaux - much of it in large-format bottles. Some of these babies range upward of an eye- and cork-popping $3,000. But that's something the well-heeled patrons of both establishments seem to take in their stride. Bordeaux connoisseur and former Hospiz owner Adi Werner (his son Florian took the reins in 1997) started collecting supersized bottles in 1980 after he learned of those supplied by Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter...