Word: tarting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...forth on a grid of overhead catwalks and surveillance cameras hidden in smoked-glass hemispheres. I stroll through the gleaming Lucite wonderland holding a perfect 6-in. cube improvised from duct tape and cardboard. I stagger through a glitter gulch of Gummi fauna, Boston baked beans, gobstoppers, Good & Plenty, Tart'n Tiny. Then, bingo: bulk jelly beans, premium grade. I put my cube under the spout and fill...
...duck causes a lot of trouble. Things get out of control when three tough tigers show up (ignoring the no tigers sign) and decide that roast duck would be just dandy. Hodges whaps the biggest tiger with a squishy souffle, and the duck dives into a large raspberry tart to hide. Alas, his back end sticks out, and the tigers growl hungrily, having no trouble imagining a nice big bowl of duck a la raspberry. Suddenly the biggest tiger licks his fearsome chops and smiles, because the souffle that is sticking to his face tastes good. He and his sidekicks...
Books: Composer Ned Rorem's tart autobiography...
Leslie Megahey's The Advocate (originally The Hour of the Pig) is an acid British satire of legal and moral hypocrisy, a tart black comedy about the black-plague years in the 14th century -- and the 20th. The film was cited for undue boisterousness in a (really quite mild) sex scene...
...tart, sweet, generous, subtle comedy about cooking...