I had touched a fragrant nerve.
We feasted on young and middle-aged pecorino; fagioli, the Tuscan white beans, served with oil-packed tuna; deeply flavorful sun-dried tomatoes; fragrant artichoke hearts; that boar sausage; a salad of impeccably fresh tomatoes, arugula and basil; and an array of Tuscan flat breads.
He went there "with a rake for folksongs, an ear for the lovely, fragrant countryside, and a heart for the bare legs of the natives".
Mendelssohn was nonetheless inspired by the sound of the waves in the cave and waxed lyrical about his visit, claiming that he arrived in Scotland "with a rake for folk-songs, an ear for the lovely, fragrant countryside, and a heart for the bare legs of the natives".
We top it with fragrant garlic mushrooms, artichoke hearts and a slice or two of goats' cheese.
Mark Twain sought only ham, eggs and scenery, "a fragrant pipe and a contented heart".
There's a cool infinity pool at the heart of the fragrant gardens.
Welcome to Corleone, in the dark heart of Sicily, between fragrant vineyards, wheat fields and expanses of olive trees, which the real-life mafia has commanded for more than 30 years, transforming it into its stronghold.
They are among the most graceful of deciduous trees, with heart-shaped, coarsely toothed leaves; fragrant cream-coloured flowers; and small globular fruit hanging from a narrow leafy bract.
My royal bed is adorned with a heart-shaped arrangement of tiny, fragrant flowers.
Their writings were published in a literary magazine that they themselves produced and also in books such as Nao chai (1971; "Cold at Heart") and Bau ban kau haum (1972; "Fragrant Without Blossoming").
