Films: I wilfully expected little of 'Running With Scissors', the adaptation of Augusten Burrough's hilarious, bittersweet memoir, but was delighted to find it is subtle, drily witty, and smart, with outstanding acting, especially fromAnnette Bening as Augusten's mother.
With its gorgeous lemon curd fill, lemon tart remained a solid hit, and chocolate fans will delight in creamy, bittersweet Marquise au chocolat.
Nester's essay about foot-licking made the sordid seem bittersweet; while Atkinson's "Hemingway Delights" was as reminiscent of Bukowski as it was of Hemingway.
I can hear the as yet unwritten rhythms in my mind's ear and the theme is absolutely clear: the bittersweet mixture of promise and disappointment, delight and dismay, that is forever part of travel's baggage.
Our hunger abated, we ordered dessert anyhow and were delighted with the seductive dark bittersweet chocolate mousse with crème anglaise and a smooth-as-silk mango and pineapple mousse with coconut lady fingers.
EVER since I discovered mulberries growing in a park in Flushing, Queens, on the day of my grandmother's death two years ago, the delight of finding summer berries has been bittersweet for me.
Like our entire last trip together, it was a moment of bittersweet nostalgia, of satisfaction in what we had accomplished, delight in the partners we had become, and sadness that it would soon be over.
The quick-silver volatility of feeling also impressed, where flashes of delight and good humour break through the predominant bittersweet, though intoxicating, melancholy.
Propelled by lovely, engaging writing and wonderful performances, "Stan & Ollie," the story of the bittersweet final bow of legendary duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, should move and delight fans of the beloved performers while enjoyably exposing the less initiated to these comedy giants.
Lemony, rich and bittersweet, with a slight tang of garlic, it is an unforgettable delight.
