That and a chunk of fire-toasted bread, and all is good.
Recent items included fierce wooden facemasks, primitive still-life paintings on glass and a necklace with golf ball-size chunks of fire-orange coral and turquoise.
At a time when flames are consuming a pretty big chunk of California the Mendocino Complex fire has engulfed more than 300,000 acres by itself it's nice to know that at least these dogs and cats are not on fire.
Among the delicious possibilities are tender quail crowned with frizzled leeks set on cauliflower purée; delicate Chilean sea bass over a mixture of mushrooms, tomatoes and artichoke hearts; sweet lobster chunks on a bed of fire roasted corn; and rosy baby lamb chops in a pea purée.
In that test, done on Monday at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, a chunk of insulating foam was fired at the panel, opening a gaping hole of 16 by 16 inches.
When we think that Santa exists, it's because that chunk of nerve tissue is firing when we don't need it to, just as hay fever comes when our sneeze reflex is triggered by some antigen that's not really sneeze-worthy.
With honed brewing prowess (and a good chunk of his savings) Hall fired up the kettles at his own operation Nashville's Yazoo Brewing in 2003.
Foam testing will resume on Thursday with the first effort to fire a chunk of foam at the actual material used on the leading edge of the shuttle's wing.
Image: Tumblr/meaty-chunks-of-life.
So Hale, the now majority owner of Patch, firing a chunk of the remaining staff isn't much of a shock.
"It's shaping up to be a pretty bad year for fires," says Mr O'Neal.Some 40m acres of wildlands are at high risk of fire this summer, an area that encompasses chunks of Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana and Utah.
