Word: liquidation
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...patron saint, John the Baptist? (His feast day, June 24, is around the time of the harvest.) Or that gooseberries have a literary pedigree stretching back to 13th-century France? (The poet Rutebeuf mentions them.) Or that drinking water after eating lots of cherries can cause indigestion? (The liquid swells the pectin in the fruit.) Pomona Britannica doesn't provide answers to all questions. Brookshaw said that his guide, studied seriously, would lead to "a garden well planted," but it didn't provide particulars as to the plants' cultivation and care. And terrific as the fruits look, he never tells...
...City” catapulted the sweet-flavored cosmopolitan to fame. Many hipsters wanted to toast glasses of the pink liquid, and bartenders quickly took note. Professionals in the liquor industry began searching for another chic, girly drink with the same winning qualities, and many of these searches ended with the apple martini. Apple have always been ideal for fall festivities, and many party-goers have adopted sour apple martinis as this season’s cocktail...
Scholars always warn that we should not look at 19th century images through modern eyes, finding sex where the Victorians saw only creamy innocence. But however you might describe Carroll's famous picture of Alice, 7, costumed as a sultry beggar girl, girlish is not the word. Her liquid posture, that off-the-shoulder dress, the frank suction of her gaze--innocence this luscious could almost have an R rating. From here to the foxy cowgirl outfits of JonBenet Ramsey isn't a stretch. While Prose doubts that Carroll was an active pedophile, she does not deny the erotic longing...
...anarchy is perhaps the closest thing Gomez have to a “signature sound.” They have always self-produced their albums, a fact which Gray says has contributed to their independence of record company whims and standards. Rumor has it that the sessions for Liquid Skin saw them singing through toilet rolls as well as underwater, while the album take of “Get Miles” is the second time they ever attempted the song, after the first take had to be abandoned when a microphone fell off the barrel where it had been...
...labeled “egg whites,” “basil,” “crème anglais,” “chocolate“ and “fruit puree” line the walls. Branigan swings a full bucket of liquid chocolate off a shelf and swoops back out to the room...