Word: pasticcio
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...like Michelangelos and flourish their tiny daggers at frantic women. He will take a tourist postcard view of the Grotta Azzurra in Capri, render it big, add a floating Chagall girl upside down, add a few written phrases in the manner of '20s Mird, and title the whole pasticcio thus: In Strange and Gloomy Waters If a White Dot Shines If a Child Jumps I Will Approach Her Flight, 1979. Chia's visions may not be very deep, but nobody could accuse him of having a defective swizzle stick...
...dropped in at the presidential residence in suburban Olivos, spent an hour and a half with Mrs. Frondizi. Speaking Italian (the language used at home by her Italian-descended family), they spoke of many things, from the impact of various Argentine politicians on her husband to a recipe for pasticcio di maccheroni (both agreed it is one of the finest dishes in North Italian cuisine). Bias-hill, who has covered newsbeats from Panmunjom to Madrid, followed the trail of other leading characters in the drama, at one point found himself telephoning a militant Peronist from the office of a militant...
| 1 |