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Brian re-ducts may look better, but it's consciously a period piece--right down to the training montage scored to Cool Jerk--and its impact is less immediate. Thirty years and Jerry Maguire later, it's competent and affecting enough, but it's just another bowl game: not super, not subpar, just superfluous...
Being self-sacrificing reporters, we endeavored to try almost every item on the menu. The food was reasonably priced with appetizers around $5 and entrees around $11. The options mainly included jerk and curry flavors true to the spices of the Caribbean. Although the menu consisted mainly of meat dishes, they were a few salads and some vegetarian dishes. After considering the more unusual fare such as ox tails and goat meat, we decided to sample some of the more mundane food...
...started our meal with a forgettable eggplant dip with baked plantain chips. Call us meat lovers, but this vegetarian appetizer lacked sass. The conch fritters and jerk chicken wings were a great improvement. Surprisingly free of grease, the fritters were light and authentic, while the wings were our favorite dish of the night. Their ranch dipping sauce was the perfect accompaniment to the bite of the jerk and created playful, contradictory flavors...
...didn’t let our waning appetites prevent us from carrying out our reporting duties. When our main courses arrived, we eagerly delved into the heaping portions of meat, rice, beans and fried plantains. The Chicken Madras, a curry dish, was moist and subtly flavored. The Jerk Pork, tender and spicy, pulled easily off the bone. The side dishes were just as impressive. The rice, beans and fried plantains were cooked expertly and gave the meal a home-cooked feel...
...carnation--her way to protest Britain's involvement in the war against Afghanistan and Latvia's attempt to join NATO. That's a lot to expect from a flower that usually only conveys the message on prom night, "Now maybe your parents won't think I'm a total jerk." The 11th-grader was later charged with endangering the life of a high official. Though shocked, the Prince gamely continued working the Latvian crowd, some of whom were armed with larger, even more menacing bouquets...