But what does it all mean as Europe gently frazzles and David Goodhart, ex-editor of Prospect, now director of the Demos thinktank, pens an ambitious FT article (paywall) promoting a new settlement for British politics, what he calls "post-liberalism"?
Some outside observers picked up on this peculiar form of pride – a kind of anti-nationalist nationalism – and gently mocked it: Timothy Garton Ash, for instance, spoke of Deutsche Industrie-Normen – a German industrial standard – in "coming to terms with the past"; others crowned the Germans "world champions in remembrance".
Stir gently with a wooden spoon, letting the mixture heat through, but stay just short of coming to a boil.
Melt the chocolate and butter in a large bowl over a pan of very gently simmering water (or in a microwave, stirring between blasts).
Brush with oil all over, and sprinkle generously with za'atar, gently pressing the spices into the top of the buns.
Pour in the soy milk and soy sauce, whisk gently for a minute, then divide the mixture between four individual shallow ovenproof dishes (16cm x 12cm oval ceramic dishes work well but similar-sized round ramekins are fine); the custard should come 1cm-1.5cm up the sides.
While the police are necessarily involved with Channel, the actual process is designed to be as community-based as possible, gently nudging people back towards mainstream society rather than threatening them with retribution.
Instead of stirring the rice to release its creamy starch, as one would with risotto, the grains are left alone, so "the rice retains its 'soul', its inner shape", but, "by boiling it in the right quantity of stock or water it will absorb all the liquid as it cools down gently, and by the time it is completely cold it will be very sticky".
I still dream about the sultry duck liver mousse with almond biscuits; the 'State Bird' – a quail – grilled into smokiness on its bed of gently pickled, sautéed onions and crowned with Parmesan; the smoked duck ham with umeboshi.
Mild Tourette's or a minor form of OCD can be well managed with drugs and/or behaviour therapy, but he will have to be happy to take part, and that needs you talking together gently, with tact and no sense of blame or shame.
This was then put into a vortex fluid device, where the tangled proteins were spun and gently pulled apart until they refolded into their proper structure.
