Granted, "The Ambonese Herbal," with its lovely plates and dense descriptions, is for the serious collector's library.
I took in my arms and carried downstairs glorious loads of fantastically attractive volumes: Maria Sibylla Merian's (1647-1717) lovely plates of Surinam insects, and Esper's noble "Die Schmetterlinge" (Erlangen, 1777), and Boisduval's "Icones Historiques de Lépidoptères Nouveaux ou Peu Connus" (Paris, 1832).
You can whip up a lovely warming plate of simple spaghetti and butter, they say, when there's nothing else at home.
A lovely little plate of creamy, carb-y goodness with a little pancetta.
The ensuing commotion resulted in Bernardo being taken to the town hall & jailed, even though he'd not wanted to press charges, A few days later, back home, a dinner; guest said how lovely the plates were.
There were misfires: a burrata appetizer was too firm for my taste, though it looked lovely on the plate; the lobster risotto paired overcooked lobster meat with undercooked rice.
Lobster, sliced into neat scallop-like circles, looks lovely on the plate, arranged in overlapping rounds over a neat mound of sweet corn, truffles, julienne green apple and baby fennel.
They visit each home with some lovely singing, deliver a plate of baked goodies, and then they head out.
A plate of lovely grilled figs came with greens, goat cheese and honey-roasted walnuts.
