Word: flavorful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...look and feeling of the gray ice-choked sea, the pleasant bite of whisky and the new taste of muktuk, or whale fat: "The blubber looked like a block of cheese-pale pink cheese with a thick black rind. It was very tender and almost tasteless. The only flavor was a very faint sweetness...
...sure, epicures complain rightly that the bland taste of American fruits and vegetables cannot compare with the flavor of much produce delivered to European tables. In the U.S., food must be refrigerated, preserved and shipped across continental distances, and the varieties suitable to mechanical planting and harvesting often are not as tasty as those cultivated lovingly by hand (some people cannot discover any taste at all in cloned strawberries). But agricultural mass production has a benefit more important to most people: it keeps costs down. High as retail food prices have gone, food accounts for only 23% of all private...
...games. Complained Korchnoi: "A yogurt after 20 moves could mean 'We instruct you to decline a draw,' or a dish of marinated quails' eggs could mean 'Play knight to knight five at once.' " Thereafter, officials limited the champion's snacks to a single flavor of yogurt...
Council sessions at the Homestead combine the rich flavor of a country weekend at a Tara-like estate with the glorious luxury of an old-fashioned transatlantic voyage. The five-star resort has three 18-hole golf courses and 15 tennis courts. In the cavernous lobby, where half a dozen roaring fireplaces give off the gentle fragrance of burning hickory and high tea is served while a string trio plays, notices offer skeet shooting or trout fishing. There is also horseback riding or jaunts in a surrey, along with bowling, swimming and spa waters...
...Americans, since at least 90% of all Chinese food served in the U.S. is based on Cantonese recipes. But the real meal in China - Peking duck, for example - could not be mistaken for one in Chinatown, U.S.A. Almost all Cantonese dishes are steamed or stir-fried. Texture and flavor are not masked by heavy sauces that elsewhere can disguise unfresh ingredients. In Canton, they say, the shrimp come wiggling to the table...