Word: repasts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...oysters" (no scales or fins) and "mussels" (no scales or fins) and "sow's udder" (Thou shalt not eat the flesh of any animal that doth not chew the cud nor have a cloven hoof). Will you please explain what type of "priest" was inaugurated at the "sumptuous repast" referred to by Author O'Brien in The Bible Cookbook [March...
...rare moments of freedom from the strict regimen come, strangely, at the table. Breakfast-eaten usually in state-subsidized clubs or officers' messes-is a souped-up repast of coffee, rolls and hefty portions of eggs and ham. Lunch provides plenty of soup, meat and vegetables, topped off with the sweet desserts, e.g., palaczinta, so popular in Hungary. Suppers are generally light, but no one frowns on wines or beer. "We don't like our athletes to be ascetic," says Sir. "It doesn't go with the Hungarian character...
...homosexual longings, feels he should rank first in Patrick's affections. By novel's end, Soula has died at her brother's hand. Resignedly estranged from each other, Patrick and Iris leave Corfu chewing the bitter rind of memory, all that is left of their brief repast of the juices and joys of the sensuous life...
...painter honored by the Goncourt does not like rosy cheeks, but prefers gaunt figures bent over plates garnished with fish vertebrae." The guest artist: Bernard Buffet, 27, France's most popular painter (TIME, March 21), whose portraits depict the leanest and hungriest figures since Picasso's Frugal Repast...
Membership in the Cheese Tasters is quite unique. To join, a man simply comes to meetings; his dues are equal to the total amount spent for the evenings repast, divided by the number of men present...