Word: rigueur
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...potato, cream, carrot, garlic leek. Squeeze one into your mouth, crunch into the crab and move on to the next. This is but a single dish of the 5-, 7-, 10-and 19-course tasting menus, which range in price from $50 to $160 a person. Quirks are de rigueur in this stark warehouse-district hot spot. The prelude to eating a bowl of smoky watermelon soup is a spoonful of frozen Dijon mustard powder that, as one of the lab-coat-donned waiters puts it, "really opens up your taste buds." Corkscrew flatware stuffed with lavender and bruleed garlic...
...white wedding dress has been a beloved Western tradition for more than 150 years, and we have Queen Victoria to thank for it. Donning the symbolic shade of purity has been de rigueur ever since she came down the aisle in 1840 in a creamy white satin gown trailing an 18-ft. train. Before that, royal brides wore mostly red or silver, and commoners opted for elegant dresses in floral patterns or colors. But brides, grooms and marrying mores have changed. Women tie the knot later in life (at about 27, in contrast to 22 a generation ago), and more...
...BGLTSA’s world, it seems, comparisons like this one are de rigueur. And in this instance, what is perhaps most disturbing is that no one seems surprised that BGLTSA has once again pursued a minor issue by these comparisons and by labeling those who stand in their way “transphobes.” These inflammatory turns of phrase might seem to be merely new additions to the English language’s already-rich vocabulary, but their effect in the long run can be much more pernicious. For instance, labeling someone a “homophobe?...
It’s a unifying college experience: nonchalantly grabbing a bottle, hoping for the best, flashing a fake. But the Saturday evening de rigueur for many Harvard undergraduates has landed one of students’ favorite convenience store-cum-liquor spots in hot water...
...Cameos by characters from previous works, nonsense doodles, and even Hitchcock-like appearances by the artist himself, are de rigueur to Tezuka. He has an almost Shakespearian desire to mix high drama with low comedy, though Shakespeare rarely had characters doing both. At one point during volume one a powerful general sends away his escorts when he wishes to bathe in a pond. Adopting a silly, girlish pose and sprouting long eyelashes he says, "I don't want you to see me naked. Pray, won't you go?" Some of the oddity may be attributable to the translation, which puts...