At this point, the novel, while retaining its fruity juxtapositions, mutates into a spy thriller, with all the necessary code-names and passwords and double-crosses – and a novel of ideas, the ideas being theological as well as cross-cultural.
The Eckhouses' unsmoked Italian-style prosciuttos are cured at cooler temperatures than country hams and retain a bright, fruity aroma.
With many of the reds that year, Mr. Paschina largely used stainless steel to help retain the grapes' fruity, fresh flavors.
It was a little heavy on the tomatoes, but it had a sweet, fruity flavour; the brisket had retained a good texture and its heat was bracing without being overbearing.
Rather than these fruity, happy-go-lucky concoctions, Mr. Lapierre and his colleagues, Jean Foillard, Guy Breton and Jean-Paul Thévenet, produced wines of depth, nuance and purity that nonetheless retained the joyous nature of Beaujolais.
Even wines that blend Greek grapes with international varietals, like the bright, fruity 2000 Katogi-Averoff among the reds and the Kir-Yianni among the whites, retain their particular Greek character, a wonderful thing in a world of increasingly homogenized wines.
They drank fruity beer, wooed PR girls and knew that wiping, rather than washing, your porcini helped retain the flavour.
They drank fruity beer, wooed PR girls, and knew that wiping, rather than washing, your porcini helped retain the flavor.
