Word: mediterraneans
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Through his paintings trickles a current of double nostalgia -- on the one hand, for the closed-off "heroic" possibilities of Modernism and, on the other, for the ancient Mediterranean world, experienced at a remove by living in modern Italy. Love (or its facsimile) among the ruins. Twombly will insert "dirty" bits in a painting -- a little graffiti-style penis, odd smears of paint with the look of dried sperm -- in the hope they will enhance some sense of a Baroque cityscape -- but much of the time, they...
Entrees are priced between $15 and $22 and include chicken, fish and vegetarian dishes. Sortun described Mediterranean cuisine as healthy "food of the sun" because it relies on natural flavor and is not masked by heavy sauces...
Meddeb, who was born in Tunisia and grew up in southern France, had a natural interest in Mediterranean cuisine, Sortun said...
Although Casablanca, another Mediterranean restaurant, is nearby, both Sortun and an official at Casablanca said each restaurant offers a distinct menu. Casablanca's business has not been impacted by the opening of 8 Holyoke, the official said...
...China's Han dynasty, the Xiongnu demanded annual tributes of silk, wine, rice, concubines and other luxuries. According to Kessler, the transport of these goods to central Asia marked the earliest full-scale use of the Silk Road, the fabled network of trade routes that ultimately stretched to the Mediterranean Sea; on the Silk Road, bolts of Chinese silk were carried all the way to the Roman Empire...