My sweet, sweet, sweetness.
More complicated and even more delicious is a cake of corn, roasted tomatillo and crab served with a spicy dipping sauce and greens strewn with pomegranate seeds ($8.95), an exquisite balance of sweetness, earthiness and peppery heat.
Green tagliatelle with parmesan, cream and pancetta was terrific; ravioli with tomatoes of exquisite concentration and sweetness was better; and fettuccine showered with chopped arugula was magnificent, with the heat of the noodles releasing a wonderfully springlike aroma from the arugula.
And all this helped us appreciate, as deeply as ever, the exquisite variety and fragile sweetness of human life.
He addressed his letters to: My essence of honeycomb, My exquisite Peach Melba, My lump of sweetness, My peachiest apricot, My succulent meringue, My belovedest mimosa, My jujubious confection, My sweet Sugar plum(p).
For me, though, the drink is an exemplar not only of restrained sweetness, but also of exquisite balance.
Catching caramel at the point of perfection, when sweetness, bitterness and those rich aromas are in exquisite balance, comes down to confidence.
It held its own against an exquisite mix that involved the salinity of Manila clams; the sweetness of scallops, corn and peas; and the silky richness of bacon.
The exquisite result is an absinthe of unusual purity, with a natural sweetness that requires no added sugar.
Now she saw him at meetings, and tried not to retch at his con-job shares, or recall the sweetness of their precious predawn hours, when addiction itself seemed as exquisite and harmless as a baby giraffe.
