Word: omeletic
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...main-course pátés are served cold, they demand a reordering of menus, which Cutler does imaginatively. Indeed, the supporting dishes she suggests are often as tempting as the main event. They include cauliflower with shrimp sauce, pear gratin, mushroom flan, mango sherbet, gratineed blueberries, chocolate omelet, hot banana puffs and icy oranges with hot orange-ginger sauce. One menu, featuring shrimp with Pernod, a grand veal and ham pâté en croute, and honeydew balls in strawberry sauce, would make a fine if unorthodox dinner for Thanksgiving or Christmas...
...harsh moral configuration. The Wound Laboratory is perfectly designed to bring on a confrontation between the zealot and the omelet maker (the omelet maker being the one who always insists that you can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs). The issue is framed exactly: animal life is forfeit to the potential gain of human life. An ironist would point out that the Wound Laboratory would put animals to death in order to perfect the human talent to make war-and that war is humanity's most dramatic bestiality. Inevitably, the idea of the Wound Laboratory...
...unwelcome escort. Not once did he indicate that he was in an unusual situation. If all was considered normal aboard the 747, the attendants would now be serving breakfast to the awakening passengers. There would be grapefruit and beef brochette for the high-fare travelers, a croissant and Spanish omelet for the others...
...prisoner on death row was asked what he would like for his last meal. "A wild-mushroom omelet," he said. "I never had the courage to try one before...
...further appeal to children, Weiner flattened the character's personalities, exaggerating their identifying characteristics to make them simpler and more comical. As Katcharey, Josh Milton takes on the task of marrying off his friend with all the fervent energy of a missionary; Andrew Gould's Omelet, another of Agafya's suitors, who does the best job of making the audience dislike him, shouts, screams, and schemes from the moment of his first appearance. White masks painted on the faces of the actors heighten their stylization, making them cartoon versions of themselves. These masks emphasize the actors' exaggerated facial expressions, making...