(Thai wonton soup is similar to the Chinese, but the Thais add a lot of rough-cut vegetables, which makes for a great soup).
The next clue was more to the point: Along with good bread in the basket, we were given a small bowl of rough-cut vegetables — a homemade version of bruschetta that included red onion, red and green bell peppers and celery — in red pepper-flaked sauce that primed our palates nicely.
Even the cucumber in scallion sauce, a cold appetizer, is photo-worthy, with its glistening rough-cut vegetable pieces dotted with more pepper bits and piled on a plate.
Yet the rough-skinned vegetable is arriving these days on plates both elevated and humble, from fancy state meals made with produce from the White House organic garden to a seasonal side dish served with cinnamon dipping sauce at White Castle.
Better, she said, would be to follow a single rough rule: Established vegetables need an inch of water each week during the summer, either from rain or watering.
Salad of baked autumn vegetables promised rough edges and caramelised crunch rather than a polite assembly of turned carrots, squash and poached egg, shrink-wrapped in speck and bathed in a buttery emulsion.
He recommended a complete health regimen, including hard mattresses, cold showers, and a diet consisting of homemade bread (he was attacked once by a mob of bakers and butchers), rough cereals, fruits, and vegetables.
The sausage is served with ivjar, a rough-chopped, spicy vegetable spread with a taste as lively as its bright red hue.
Using a knife and a vegetable peeler, trim rough parts.
A mole made with vegetable oil is all rough edges.
