Greek cuisine is a modest thing, fresh ingredients simply prepared with delicious results.
But try as I did to emulate the bagged classic, my modest mix of ingredients never came anywhere near close to the original.
While others might credit innovative production techniques, complex arrangements, odd chord and key changes, airtight harmonies, meaningful lyrics and strong melodies, Mr. Wilson is more modest about the ingredients for success.
Taken to extremes, this means Noma's owner-chef René Redzepi eschews all non-indigenous produce in his creations (no olive oil for example, and no tomatoes), plays with modest, often-overlooked ingredients (pulses and grains) and forages for herbs and plants.
The ingredients are modest, as are the tableware and the décor.
The book's big, sophisticated flavors were produced from accessible ingredients and modest cooking skills, not from French techniques or canned cream soups.
However, the reported effect size and clinical improvement are modest and the "active ingredient" underlying clinical improvement remains unclear.
Butter-poached lobster, at $20, seems in its own way rather modest, despite the deluxe main ingredient, perfectly complemented by a rich coconut curry broth, hot and sweet.
