But diced rabbit in a pile of chillies was a nostalgic delight (and even better than the diced chicken in a pile of chillies we'd had elsewhere not so long earlier), the sweetness of the meat and sharpness of the dried chillies complementing each other beautifully.
"I will not sign for them to take my home," Mr. Hardy said, showing his latest guests around a broad yard dotted with scrap piles, rabbit and hamster cages, and cars in various states of disrepair.
On seven or eight flat-topped hummocks that look like the remains of collapsed rabbit burrows is a pile, or the remains of a pile, of otter leavings.
This rustic dish is Italian slow-cooking at its best; a generous stewy pile of rabbit joints bathed in lush, winey juices spiked with fruity olives, dried tomatoes and pistachios.
The dish that lingers for me is one of his unloveliest, a puce-colored pile of rabbit meatballs and mushrooms, leaning sloppily against a folded crêpe, in a puddle of yellow sauce: a briny, cool, and sour-sweet concoction made from lobster shell, shallot, vermouth, and tarragon, with a rich zap of lemon-lime curd.
Presiding over this mutant landscape is a huge white bunny rabbit immersed in a pile of what appears to be melted-down Easter candy.
That crazy, unreal eight-course ramen-noodles-guy's place in the East Village that takes a sneeze from a leprechaun, three rabbits' feet, and a pile of lucky mittens to get into.
A pile of sleepy rabbit pups isn't just cute it's good for rabbitkind.
His journey of curiosity led him to a rabbit farm, where he found piles of freshly butchered rabbits' feet.
Traditionally, risotto Milanese would accompany osso bucco, but I like simple sage or rosemary-flavoured rice to complement the rabbit, while the kids favour a pile of buttery, herby potatoes.
