Sentence examples for long meal from inspiring English sources

Italians like to end a long meal with something bitter (an amaro) or something searing (a grappa).

However, the proximity required by a long meal – something about handing dishes around, unfurling napkins at the same moment – disrupts our ability to cling to hatreds.

We would never have finger food at a party or a wedding - celebrations are always one long meal, on one long table, with endless toasts.

Our waiter, by the way, was excellent, but his helper's mistakes, combined with the slowness of the kitchen, made for a very long meal.

George Arzt, a political consultant, recalls a long meal with Mr. Thompson when rumor had it he was considering a mayoral run.

La Valentina Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2003: $13 ** [Rating: Two Stars] Good fruit and good potential, but too young, oaky and tannic to enjoy over a long meal.

"I hate long meals," Merrihue recalled.

I know several affluent Parisian families where the venerable tradition of long meals en famille is simply dead.

The players changed roommates every three days to encourage bonding, and they had several long meals that included homemade pastas and gelato, but no coaches.

It was after one of those long meals of lentils and carrot stew washed down with cheap South African red wine that our romance blossomed.

And then we'd all get together and there'd be these big, long meals that would go on, which was great," he added.