On the very same spot, decades before, the huge onion-domed Alexander Nevsky Cathedral towered over the city.
For a risky long shot, try Kentucky Rose, a huge onion that cooks and opens like a flower when dunked in hot fat.
But the open flame enhances the meatiness, as does the presence of the huge onion slice that can optionally be plopped on top.
The intersection where the ambush occurred, at Palestine Street, is heavily traveled by American soldiers going in and out of a small base set up next to the huge, onion-shaped memorial to the Iraqis who died in the country's eight-year war with Iran in the 1980's.
One recent day, John Lewallen, 47, swam ashore from 100 yards out in the bay, where he had cut foot-long fronds from huge onion-shaped bulbs of sea whip seaweed bobbing on the surface.
Besides the lobster sauce, Sam fell in love with some huge Spanish onions and decided to produce soubise, a more substantial rice dish.
The ingredients Ms. Kurihara uses most often, though, are longtime standards of the Japanese kitchen: soy, sesame, ginger, rice and its derivatives (sake, vinegar) and especially the members of the huge green-onion family.
Remember this when you set out to caramelize the huge pile of onions for your panade, and use it to your advantage.
Well, I didn't have much money, so I used to go to the Covered Market in Oxford and buy huge sackfuls of onions.
As the sun began to set there on a recent evening, they showed off their neat rows of onions, huge bunches of garlic, and fava beans and chickpeas thriving in their little green pods.
