I had come to Kerala grasping for that sense of home, seeking blessings and absolution, seeking inspiration, looking to study again the ancestral rites, visit the very hearth fires where my grandmother had turned out such magnificent dishes.
Boyter's ability to deliver blasts of clear, distinct flavour makes these delicate dishes wonderfully satisfying The Cellar's heritage is more than honoured in a magnificent fish dish: pearly stone bass, its skin blackened and crisp, on black quinoa muddled with tiny shrimp, golden raisins and samphire, with lemongrass butter lending a citric shiver.
It's a magnificent, assured dish, and abundant too; the leftovers made a full meal the next day.
Told that Mr. Obama had made clear he would receive the Dalai Lama after his first presidential visit to China in November, Mr. Havel reached out to touch a magnificent glass dish, inscribed with the preamble to the United States Constitution — a gift from Mr. Obama, who visited in April.
Christmas isn't Christmas without a trifle, but with all that plum pudding and yule log to get through, this magnificent dish doesn't always get the attention it deserves.
Of the entrees, the most splendid was braised lamb shank, usually a winter dish, but as prepared here, magnificent enough to be savored anytime.
To embark on a recipe or dish is like a magnificent journey, following each and every turn and wondering if the destination will be just how the mind imagined it, sometimes yes, often no, but always magical.
The Kangaroos' desperation was magnificent, especially given the frenzied pressure dished up by the Power.
Crisp blood sausage with octopus is unexpected and magnificent in both flavor and texture, but the dish that really put me over the edge is a kind of risotto (which it's not, really) whose flavor was mysterious beyond belief.
