With blocks of childlike simplicity, wrapped in a sleek skin of delicate ribs, Koolhaas's offering rises above the surrounding din with cool authority.
Reindeer, with their rich meat and thick pelts, would have been vital to tribes' survival and the Montastruc sculpture, with its delicate rib cages, antlers and coats, show how carefully the Cro-Magnons must have observed them.
One would think all this feather and fur would leave a reader inured, but when Milgrom picks up a scalpel, the scene is riveting: "I cut through the scored skin, then work my way to the outer edges of the body, loosening the pelt, which I peel off the animal's delicate rib cage.
Delicate lamb ribs, some on the bone, some off, came with their kidney, scalloped potatoes, spinach puree, and an oddly Mediterranean small artichoke filled with tomatoes.
So I was amazed when I turned up to see such great architecture: beautifully delicate concrete ribs in the lobby and an amazingly sunny and impressive 50m pool plus diving pool, teaching pool and spectators' gallery.
It looked like a wingless bat, the delicate brace of ribs bearing tiny symmetrical snaps on each side.
The ridges and tensions of the immense chest high above you – the statue is more than twice the height of a living person, still higher because of the tall plinth – drink in nuances of shadow so that, up close, David is richly shaded: the belly button a pool of darkness, the nipples and ribs collecting delicate grey-greens.
Caramelized pork ribs have a delicate smokiness balanced with a lightly sweet glaze.
PHILIP MICHAEL Rib chop: juicy, delicate beefy flavor, slightly chewy; $18.99.
The half chicken was succulent; the two ribs were not delicate baby backs but big ones that included cartilage.
