Word: purringly
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...scallops, citrus-roast halibut and Highland lamb served with pearl-barley risotto. Cranachan, a mixture of oatmeal, cream, honey and whisky, is a classic dessert. The influence of the Gulf Stream makes Skye fertile ground for soft fruits, so local raspberries accompany the cranachan, while sharp, green gooseberries are puréed and mixed with cream to make a traditional "fool." Spear sums up her approach as "best-quality produce, simply cooked." Her success has made her a spokeswoman for the industry - and has helped put Scottish cooking firmly on the map after all these years...
...world as an adult. He explains how to make falafel, tabbouleh, baba ghanoush and lesser-known dishes. At the same time, the reader picks up knowledge that is not strictly culinary. For example, that baba means coquettish and ghanoush is, roughly, dissolute - adjectives that seem unlikely for an aubergine purée but which Jamal explains in a delightful story about his aunt's unmarried daughter. He also writes of an Algerian visiting Jerusalem who asked for couscous. In colloquial Arabic of the Middle East, unlike the Maghreb nations, cous can mean vagina. The hapless Algerian was asking...
...THEY WORK? PUR filters trap small amounts of asbestos, atrazine, benzene, MTBE, lead and other chemicals. Not good against bacteria or viruses...
...silver, evoking those famous weekly Clinton-Gore meals adjacent to the Oval Office. He jauntily shooed away photographers, claiming that his soup was getting cold, which wasn't much of a problem since his usual peanut butter and jelly had been replaced by a Martha Stewart chilled squash pur...
...every two months or after every 35 gal., whichever comes first. But many people don't count the gallons they use, and if they forget to check the calendar, they can wind up with filtered water that is in worse condition than the stuff that comes from the tap. PUR, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has capitalized on this all-too-human habit by marketing a filter that automatically shuts itself off when it has expired...