The bitter chocolate in the crust and in the sauce gives a stunning edge to the mellow frozen maple cream.
The result is a balance of raw edge, simplicity and mellow gentleness that producers from Europe or the US have never quite managed to achieve.
Her voice is clearly scaled for a larger stage; it was a big instrument for a small room, with a natural, unforced, slightly plummy lower register and a firm top with a slight edge that could mellow into true shining beauty on her mellifluous pianos.
But there is a mellower edge to it now.
And what will replace them may provide fresh evidence that the city has traded its longtime rock 'n' roll edge for something mellower, and a bit corporate.
With five more years of age, a sercial mellows, its sweet edge broadening.
Is there any of that old edge between you and McEnroe, or has that mellowed out? A. Sure, it's mellowed, but if that ever ended, to me that would be a shame.
He has a sensationally droll presence, underscored by his oboelike voice, which is bored at the edges and content to make its own mellow ironic music.
Now into her 50s, Mattila's voice has a seductive, mellow maturity to it, all round edges, velvet undertones and ultra creamy legato.
At first "Swelter" was a subdued collection of sustained sounds coming from surrounding enclaves of brass players on the edges of the lake: a distant hum of mellow tones that piled up to form quivering chords.
