Word: scampi
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With a passionate Roman accent, she announces: “We have beautiful, beautiful fresh fish tonight. Scallops as an appetizer—olive oil, garlic. Magnificent! Sea bass, what we call branzino, with fresh tomato, sautéed and spinach and roast potato. Scampi! Oh, the size of my fist—grilled, with lemon and olive oil and with some wonderful risotto...
...seems designed to convey a sense of history and ongoing relevance, but the actual album too often consists of experiments that don’t congeal into solid songs. As examples of musique concrète, highbrow performance and concept art (one piece represents the preparation of shrimp scampi), the material is perfectly valid—but in terms of compelling music, the band’s success varies wildly. It’s not a question of accessibility—the jarring time signatures, atonal effects and abrasive percussion provide the album’s most tense, interesting moments?...
...only so many grilled cheese sandwiches. You should think twice before spooning out more Cracklin' Oat Bran than you can handle. If you do ever find yourself with extra on your hands, please hunt me down. Pay attention to the menu as well. Don't pick up the shrimp scampi with shell pasta only to change your mind when you see the golden Kung pao chicken. The conveyor belt should not look like a haphazard buffet...
...That definitely has something to do with why I am so compelled to identify, organize, socialize--to be president of the BSA," she says, pausing over a bite of shrimp scampi at dinner recently in Lowell Dining Hall...
...mistake to think that California's glory days are over. It is still a land of infinite possibilities--a land not bound by tradition or by guilt. A land where shrimp scampi passes as a pizza topping. It is a tragic land, to be sure. As Christopher Isherwood saw, California "is a tragic country--like Palestine, like every Promised Land...