To bring out their distinct depth of flavor, skip the spicy dipping sauce and apply a mere drop of lemon.
Mignonette with its appropriate vinegar note and cocktail sauce are on hand for dipping, but aficionados who want a mouthful of the pure flavor of a particular oyster will slurp it up neat or with a mere drop of lemon.
Might you practice feasting your eyes and lifting your hearts with the sight of a mere avocado, or lemon, or apple on the counter waiting to be tasted?
A Caesar takes on a bracing new identity with the mere addition of cured lemon.
Try adding a mere drop or two of lemon or mignonnette dressing to each.
The palate shows fresh-picked wild strawberry notes, a pop of lemon and a mere hint of toast.
Top with a dash or two of salt, the Parmesan, lemon, and the merest whisper of cayenne pepper.
Desserts range from the sublime — a light-textured, bitter-chocolate charlotte; a lovely, dense chocolate cake; a delicate lemon-tarragon sherbet — to the mere mortal (an undercooked bottom crust on a tart filled with excellent lemon filling, and a damp crust on the lemon cheesecake).
Likewise, chicken crisped in the pan refuses to be a mere chicken dish for bland diners; its lemon-mustard sauce has the immediacy of a slap in the face.
Littleneck clams, so often overly breaded or chewy, were memory makers: tiny, sweet, tender, lightly seasoned with garlic, lemon and white wine, and dusted with a mere sprinkle of buttery crumbs.
