Why XL? "It sounds like excel, and the X stands for excellent taste," said Amy Sherwood, a spokeswoman for Pepsi.
So I was unpleasantly surprised when in his 2010 episode 'Escape To Athens', British food-god Jamie Oliver, whose adventurous spirit and excellent taste I have for years tried to telepathically bring to our capital, dedicated approximately five minutes to the place that his show was named after and the rest of it filmed on nearby islands and coastal shores.
It is with the greatest of admiration, affection, and gratitude that we will remember him-for his excellent taste and elegant style, his keen wit and unerringly wise counsel, but even more, for his persevering focus on making our Museum and our City better, more effective, and more beautiful, today and for generations to come.
· small, very high priced markets for excellent taste and quality, e.g. tree-ripe fruit, baby vegetables, herbs.
Look for Sainsbury's excellent Taste the Difference 12-Year-Old Amontillado (£7) or, for an even more intensely nutty Christmas cake-like experience, Fernando de Castillo Antique Amontillado (£24.95, 50cl, Slurp).
The actress has excellent taste and knows what works for her style- and makeup-wise.
The piece that attracted the most votes was Break Point, a 1998 work by Fiona Banner, the Turner Prize-nominated YBA known, among other things, for her excellent taste in movies.
"Amidst the oceans of enforced mediocrity in the bland, deflavorized culture of managed-by-committee corporate behemoths," the entrepreneur Perry Metzger posted on his Google+ page, Mr. Jobs "showed that the real path to excellence was excellence — that you could do great things by, who would have imagined, being smart and having excellent taste and not ever settling for second best".
Joe's Stone Crab, Miami, FL: Easily Miami's most iconic restaurant and one of the nation's most famous, Joe's is so beloved that Ian Fleming had his fictional spy, James Bond, known for his excellent taste, proclaim it the best meal he had ever eaten.
