The pay-off at the end of Dinner for One – "Same procedure as every year, James" – gives a hint of what the English language can do, but the Eddie Izzards, Jo Brands or Bill Baileys who found fame in the 1990s were so much faster, so much slicker than that.
I had been jarred by the end of dinner, sad for Steve, which surprised me, and sad for Sandy — especially Sandy, the way she lived with the rankling knowledge that she existed in her husband's affections as a thin anecdote, an illustration of his mediocre griefs.
I had been jarred by the end of dinner, sad for Steve, which surprised me, and sad for Sandy especially Sandy, the way she lived with the rankling knowledge that she existed in her husband's affections as a thin anecdote, an illustration of his mediocre griefs.
This sort of thing makes the ending of Dinner for One look very safe and toothless.
We frequently had people around, and our house was always an open one – friends who dropped by to pick something up would invariably end up staying for dinner.
Whatever you end up choosing for dinner, be sure to save room for Gelato Messina, with locations in Darlinghurst and Surry Hills.
As it happened, two someones ended up over for dinner -- Michael and Stephanie -- and Michael, who has tasted many of these dishes in the past few weeks, thought it was the best.
From here, you're perfectly placed for a cocktail at the Blue Bar at The Berkeley – it may not be terribly hip, but they know how to mix a damn fine drink – and from then, to roll home; or, if you can manage it, head back into the West End for a light dinner.
If, for instance, you have a conference with your child's kindergarten teacher, who also makes stone-ground cornmeal, you naturally buy a bag of the meal and end up making polenta for dinner.
In "I'll Save You Bobo!" Willy wrestles with his emotions, particularly his rage at Earl, by writing books about the three of them getting trapped in a jungle with poisonous mushrooms, menacing tigers and an enormous green snake that in the end eats guess-who for dinner?
