I found the awesome rib chop, looking like a blunt weapon on the plate, awfully fatty, but the swaggering porterhouse came through in a big way, seared aggressively to achieve a deep crunch, all rubescent tender meat within.
Every Sunday, our leader in New Roads, La., a woman named Tiny Hood, battered up fried chicken with a deep crunch and Louisiana tang I dream of almost a half-century later (and I can still taste her lemon ice-box pie).
Indeed, according to Crace, he has always been hard to read: "only the very stoned or the uber deep crunched their way through Gravity's Rainbow and The Crying of Lot 49".
The stock market had crashed and the deep credit crunch bit hard.
Yuka Honda, on keyboard, unleashed a deep electronic crunch for "Le Pain Perdu," which is about bread, pain and escape.
The baked goat cheese atop mixed greens was also saved from banality by its panko crust, baked to a deep golden crunch.
Now, with the dollar down more than 40percentt against the euro and the economy hamstrung by a deep credit crunch, a less assured America has become increasingly reliant on foreign capital.
As usual, you have to dig deep and crunch the numbers to see the anti-reform termites gnawing away at foundational change.
Calamari and other seafood are rolled in cornmeal before being fried to a deep, satisfying crunch, served with pickled hot peppers and house-made tartar or cocktail sauce.
Mr. Waxman's fritto misto, a tip of the hat to his days at the River Cafe, seems more deserving of a showcase, especially the thin slices of fried lemon and the adroitly handled basil leaves, a quick take of perfumey flavor and deep-fried crunch.
Mr Miyagi, 99 Chapel Street, Windsor, 03 9529 5999 Belle's Hot Chicken, 150 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy, 03 9077 0788 While there's no deep-fried crunch or fatty, salty aftertaste, seeking out a stack of vegetables will do your hangover good and be gentle on the digestive system that you tried to destroy the night before.
