Word: lusciousness
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...bourgeoisie had decided not to talk about what it did, it created a new symbolic language, both verbal and nonverbal, to convey information. Middle-class women no longer got pregnant, for example; they became enceinte, or were "in an interesting condition." Painters and sculptors thrilled staid merchants with luscious nudes fig-leafed with titles like Venus Now Wakes. Manet's Olympia shocked the salon of 1865 not because she was naked but because she looked back at the viewer with the defiant eyes of a thoroughly contemporary Parisian courtesan. On second thought, said Freud...
...case, the Italians lost a daughter but not a dish. They have remained, to this day, among the world's supreme ice cream makers. Americans, who are the world's supreme ice cream gulpers (15 quarts per capita per annum), are only now beginning to make that luscious discovery en masse. In the heat-racked summer of '83, people are screaming for all kinds of ice cream, including one innovation that isn't ice cream at all. But the loudest, longest cries are for gelato...
Barely discernible amid luscious curled wigs and ruffled pantaloons the ART regulars offer a particularly cohesive version of their usual fine teamwork. Miller's intelligent strategy is to differentiate the characters as sharply as possible, giving each a few eccentricities pronounced enough for easy reference. The servants in particular benefit from the chance to present more than awkward carbon copies of the principals: John Bottoms as Mr. Snake displays: diabolical shuffle and sneer, while the faithful retainer Rowley (Richard Spore) has been so sharply characterized--his hands, legs, voice and cane tremble constantly--that at times he is barely comprehensible...
...celebrated his 39th birthday last week, just eleven days before the release of his latest and perhaps most successful picture, he had every reason to celebrate. Why, then, as he sits down to talk on this fresh spring day, his office deliciously perfumed by a bowl of giant, sinfully luscious strawberries, is he so gloomy, so unhappy, so downright miserable...
...year occupation by the Moors. As they are in North Africa, almonds, egg yolks and honey are the major ingredients of most sweets; regional specialties, however, feature a delicious 16th century cheesecake, rich custards like tocino del cielo (literally, fat from heaven) and some memorable fruit flans, including a luscious apple tart with custard and apple-jelly topping. Que aproveche! Good eating...