Well, before Tabasco Sauce existed, a man by the name of Colonel Maunsel White produced and sold his own "Concentrated Essence of Tobasco Pepper" (note the weird spelling -- this is also a man who sometimes spelled his name with one L and sometimes two).
To concentrate their essence, I roasted the tomatoes with some smashed garlic cloves.
The artist, using only the simplest, most minimal of marks, was able to concentrate the essence of a landscape or the ephemeral shifts of nature.
The gases released during the process were caught, concentrated, and the remaining black essence had been distilled to an ever blacker, ever more tarry substance.
By following a clue called "haunted and holy", I recognized the decaying and eerie characteristics of some of the older buildings in Monserrat (the chosen neighbourhood for this Foto Ruta event) and concentrated on capturing their "haunted" essence.
"Villages," Updike's 21st novel, recaptures and concentrates the erotic essence of the earlier books but adds a mellow, retrospective tone.
Like lobster rolls or crab cakes, shrimp burgers concentrate the sweet essence of shellfish and complement it with semisweet seasonings like parsley, onion and bell peppers.
Whether they are engaged in being saved or redeemed on the one hand, or thinking and speaking about that redemption, its agent, and its meaning on the other, they are concentrating on the essence of their experience.
But before tossing it with the squash, I simmered it down to a thick glaze to concentrate its autumnal essence (one of those excellent chef-taught tips that I actually use).
As I got to know my cousin, who is now 93, I discovered an artist who had eschewed fame to concentrate on the essence of the surreal experience – her inner life.
