Sentence examples for mere plate from inspiring English sources

French food observes none of the current dietary proprieties, and when it has, as with the now outmoded nouvelle cuisine, the food begins to lose its point and dwindles into mere plate decoration.

Since when does a mere plate of biscuits present itself as a minefield on which one false crunchy step condemns you as either a snooty bitch or a weak-willed hypocrite?

But others are likely to beef up their presence to head off accusations that their local subsidiaries are mere brass plates.

CHIÓ The healthful Mediterranean notion that meat and fish should be mere condiments on plates of vegetables and grains will be put into practice by Alex McWilliams, the executive chef at this new Italian place in Brooklyn (pronounced kee-OH).

The spring roll, though, had more unannounced spinach than duck, and its promised plum wine sauce translated to mere drizzles on the plate.

This purely decorative style was more suited to the intrinsic nature of pottery forms than the istoriato style, which was based on the conception of a dish or plate as the mere vehicle or support of a painting.

At Prudee's House of Roti, two people can take down a hearty beef and chicken plate for a mere $10.

The blue-plate lunch, for a mere $11 a head, includes a refined tomato bouillon, five plates of light, delectable seafood dim sum, and a few sweet tidbits.

Mole, insects, and corn are all Oaxacan staples, and the abstract-expressionist streaks and dots of sauce on the plates here are mere diversions from what is really a loving homage to that Mecca of Mexican cuisine.

Rather than a chaotic jumble of chips and cheese, Main Street's nacho plate consists of a mere six tortilla halves, twisted into scoops and topped with black beans and morsels of chicken.

The plates measure from a mere 18 inches in the front to approximately 3 feet long in the back, behind the hinge.