Word: spoonful
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...become. Over the past month, Christie has harshly criticized the unfairness of his school’s zero-tolerance policies, and for good reason—Christie himself was recently suspended from school for bringing in a Cub Scout tool that can be used as a knife, fork, or spoon. This seemingly innocuous item violated the district’s no-tolerance policy on weapons; Christie may now have to serve 45 days in reform school...
...same. His seemingly infinite naïveté parallels our own; his paranoia is ours; and when revelations unfold, they’re for us, not just Chase. But in spite of this gambit, and the inherent ambition behind any setting as complex as this one, Lethem spoon-feeds the reader tropes from contemporary literature instead of developing anything uniquely satisfying, rendering “Chronic City” otherwise insubstantial.The novel begins as Insteadman’s meets one Perkus Tooth, an aging, roving-eyed rock critic and strikingly disparate figure whose hovel on 84th street provides the setting...
...options ranging from tuna salad to corn chowder. Of course, all the items were freeze-dried, dehydrated or "thermo-stabilized" (heat-treated to kill bacteria), and they didn't look like regular food. Meals were rehydrated and served in a pouch, allowing them to be eaten with a spoon. The Apollo 8 crew celebrated Christmas Day 1968 by eating thermo-stabilized turkey, gravy and cranberry sauce. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to eat on the moon when they consumed ham-salad sandwiches, rehydratable beverages and "fortified fruit strips" during their lunar excursion. The Apollo 11 astronauts...
Scrape out the fuzzy choke with a small teaspoon or espresso spoon. Pull out the inedible purple-tipped leaves, if there are any, that surround the choke. Place the trimmed artichoke halves in the lemon water as you go. These completely edible artichoke halves may be cooked as is or sliced or cut into wedges...
Line the bottom of the baking dish with half the bread slices; they should just cover the bottom. Spoon half of the peaches and half of their juices on top, then arrange a second layer of bread slices over the surface, and a final layer of peaches and juice...