Word: whetting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...donnas. When speakers come to the IOP’s forums, they spend an hour or so preparing and meeting with students in the living room before their speech. Caterers arrange a fancy display of soda, snacks and Sam Adams to provide a varied selection for the guests to whet their whistles. But sometimes, the selections just don?...
...Arab world, the mazza table can constitute an entire dinner. There’s no talk of food to “whet the appetite,” and a meal is simply a progression of tastes, instead of a progression of courses. But when you transplant an Arab chef to the Western world, at least at Baraka, the diner gets caught by the pull of two cultures, and orders two complete repasts: an array of small dishes that in themselves would constitute a full dinner, as well as the more traditional entrees. In short, overkill...
...ponytailed and wizened and has a masters in education. The lamb appetizer ($9), served with hen of the woods mushrooms and red khuri squash puree, melted off the fork, cooked perfectly pink in the middle. Its only fault really was the overload of three slices where one would have whet the appetite sufficiently. Maws is good on side-of-the-plate gems. He serves hen of the woods mushrooms and watermelon radishes on the side of the pan-roasted skate wing ($19) and vegetables are spring-like even in late September...
Proponents of continuing the embargo point out numerous human rights abuses within Cuba. But 40 years of history demonstrates that the embargo has done nothing to curtail these abuses, and increased contact with democratic societies like the U. S. might whet the Cuban people’s appetite for freedom. Several small steps have already been taken, the most prominent being Project Varela, a petition signed by 11,000 Cubans seeking a referendum on increased civil liberties and the release of political prisoners...
...hawks argue that any move to accommodate Palestinian political aspirations before terrorism has ended - even as part of a cease-fire plan - will simply whet the appetites of the terrorists for further concessions. They also say it sends the message that terrorism works, fundamentally undermining the Bush administration's zero-tolerance stance...