Word: flavorfully
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...Torturing Nurse make noise. Pure, harsh, uncompromising noise. And front man Cao couldn't be any prouder of the fact. "I hate melody and rhythm, and I hate rock bands. Not just in China, but all over the world," he says. "They're always repeating themselves and have no flavor at all. Noise is free; noise bands have freedom...
Here's why: because real Real Americans defy stereotypes. The real Real America has become both more homogeneous (more chain stores, less local flavor) and more heterogeneous (the "exotic" is less exotic--McDonald's sells lattes and chipotle wraps). This is America today: the real people borrow from the fake people, Dunkin' Donuts from Starbucks, and vice versa. But the media's cultural referents for ordinary America have hardly changed since George H.W. Bush cracked open a bag of pork rinds...
...with four other start-ups to launch an artisanal association--the Craft Chocolate Makers of America--for small high-end "bean to bar" producers that do everything from roasting raw cacao beans to packaging pristine bars. Meanwhile, another newbie, Chuao, is cranking out little pods of chocolate with crazy flavor combinations like its aptly named Firecracker, whose chipotle, salt and popping candy send tiny bursts of electricity through your tongue...
...characters often prevent the reader from getting deeply involved with any one plotline, because just as a character begins to become sympathetic, the focus shifts to someone new. Moreover, although Cappellani’s casual language gives the voices of his characters and his narrator a very realistic, modern flavor, he seems to think that profanity is one of the most important parts of colloquial speech. By putting a constant flow of curses into every character’s mouth, he has a harder time creating distinct voices for each one. While “ball buster?...
Courses at Chief Dull Knife are similar to those at any community college--English, history, math--but with a unique Northern Cheyenne flavor. Reading includes books like Cheyenne Autumn, a highly praised 1953 novel about the tribe's 1878-79 return to Montana after exile in Oklahoma. History classes teach America as experienced by both whites and Native Americans. Part of the curriculum is devoted to Northern Cheyenne culture and its complex language, which is still spoken by a few elders but almost no students. For decades, reservation schools were strictly English-only. The chairman of the Dull Knife board...