His body is emaciated and he has brittle, light-coloured hair.
One recent dawn as I listened to the floating abstractions of "Sunrise," on which Mr. Kikuchi plays piano, I held the album cover up to the morning sun, let the brittle December light strike Ms. Kitami's textured yellows and subtle blue-grays.
In an effort to develop non-brittle and light PM with stable piezoelectric properties, we explored fabrication of composite materials comprising piezoelectric α-helical poly(α-amino acids), poly(γ-benzyl α,l-glutamate) (PBLG) and matrix polymer, poly methylmethacrylate) (PMMA).
A mound of calamari, encased in a light, brittle crust, hid a bed of soft, parsley-flecked fennel.
The first liquid crystals of sunrise are medallions rising on the horizon among brittle spoons of light.
If you want hand rolls with crisp, light, brittle nori, eat them almost as soon as you make them — 10 minutes later is already pushing it.
Chocolate ganache tart is delicate and delicious, and the deep-dish crème brûlée has just the right brittle top and light touch.
"Mmm, that's ridiculously crunchy," exclaims Thomlinson as we tuck into a portion of potatoes that are all light, brittle crust and soft, floury centres.
But the silvery Koshihikari rice from Uonuma is highly prized, and here it is served with condiments including twice-grilled salmon as light and brittle as a cracker and as salty and desiccated as jerky.
One half of the thin valley is etched into clarity by the brittle, bright golden-yellow light; the other is in deep, black shadow cast by the huge ramparts of Skipton's medieval castle.
When he first appeared on the London stage as an adult, he seemed to epitomise all the bright young things of the mid-1920s: he was light, quick, brittle, cynical, electric.
