Noel (Timmy Creed), the oldest of three brothers who cram themselves into the front seat of a battered old bread van, is 17 and has a literary bent.
Current guidelines say schools must provide one or more portions of vegetable or salad a day and "no more than two portions of deep-fried, battered or breaded food a week".
Or start with the calamari salad, a recovered memory from an early stop in Ms. Cinseruli's career that must have only improved with time: buttermilk-battered squid, breaded with a hint of paprika and served over wilted arugula with Jersey tomatoes, diced mozzarella and a lemon vinaigrette that's zippy with crushed red pepper.
Intensely atmospheric still lifes follow of loaves of bread, battered baskets empty or filled with potatoes or apples, the remains of frugal meals left on simple tables, mirrors, worn pairs of shoes, a white-washed storeroom heaped with old-fashioned rush-bottomed cafe chairs.
If austerity-battered people are allowed bread, then they are allowed roses, in the form of a fantasy life, a resistance through imagination.
We know that all fried chicken recipes are essentially the same — breaded or battered chicken that's been fried to golden perfection — but you still need more than one because the details are what matter.
Those seeking heartier fare can try the huevos rancheros ($9.50) or the rum-battered Portuguese sweet-bread French toast, made with the island's own Hurricane rum.
Some poultry products are battered (e.g., with beer batter) or battered and breaded (e.g., with cracker meal, bread crumbs, or cornmeal) for frying.
There's always a loaf of country bread; apples and apricots, and a battered canteen filled with wine.
For an appetizer, try the artichoke and Parmesan dip with homemade beer bread ($7.25), then move to beer-battered Atlantic cod with chips ($8.95).
