Word: nutmeg
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...dessert, you must order the Flourless Chocolate Torte ($5.50), spiced with cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, pepper, saffron, nutmeg and star anise, and accompanied by rich Valrhona chocolate sauce and dried fruit compote. The Crème Brulée ($5.50) is less enticing, too eggy, and not as creamy as it should be, with an incorrect proportion of custard to bruleed sugar. A dense thimbleful of Turkish Coffee ($2.00), afloat with whole pods of green cardamom, is a fine end to the meal...
...nutmeg...
...salt, stirring as the onions cook down. Carmelize onions, cooking them until they are completely soft, darkened in color, and sweet. Season with the crème de cassis, vinegar, salt, and fresh ground pepper to taste. Beat the eggs into the chevre, then beat in the salt, nutmeg, and pepper...
...flavorful it's addictive. Owner Shiku pours smaller and smaller doses of it, to the point where his victim will buy anything to get another cup. Once the requisite fragrant oils are purchased, Shiku produces a tiny gold velvet bag redolent of rare spices: cinnamon, cardamom, clove, mace, nutmeg and saffron?the secret to his house blend. "For five dollars," he whispers, "you can make the tea at home." But when you run out, be prepared to fork out for more of Shiku's perfumes...
...that I approached my inquiry into “why jocks exist” with some acidity. I was under the impression that the Harvard presses, which are almost entirely devoid of athletes, were portraying athletes too reverently. Somewhere between my heavy sarcasm and my earnestness, there was the nutmeg of argument...