-- with a visit to 10 scrumptious locations where daylight savings time does not exist.
O'Brian wrote 20 books about Captain Jack Aubrey and his great friend Dr Stephen Maturin, and their adventures at sea in Napoleonic times, and they are sublimely scrumptious novels - think Jane Austen, but with flogging, scurvy, weevils and cunt-splices.
Think of it as summer-camp-at-the-shore, where down-home low-country meals --think fresh biscuits, grits and scrumptious local catch -- are served three times a day, air conditioning is the ocean breeze, and the use of laptops and cell phones is restricted to certain out-of-view areas (the WiFi works just fine, if you must have it).
Robbins, a sportswriter for The New York Times, has packed her book with scrumptious details.
It was wonderful to sample the food from A La Carte, but how many times could we eat Turkey Meatloaf, a scrumptious variety with spinach and pinches of nutmeg, ginger and cloves?
After some stressful attempts to discuss the possibilities with an authoritarian waiter who spoke little English, we weren't sure who chose our dinner, but by the time we were elbow deep in a gigantic, scrumptious crab swimming in butter and garlic, we didn't care.
Some may opt for spending their semesters stocking up on scrumptious xiao long bao in Shanghai, while others may devote time to trying tasty tapas in Madrid, or even gorging on gourmet burgers in Buenos Aires.
A regular summer tradition -- for a few years now, one thing my friends and I do without failing each time we reunite in Provence is enjoying a scrumptious diner at the local restaurant, le Bistrot du Paradou, located in...Paradou, Provence.
As such, biting into a richly stuffed layer cake, slurping up the cherry on top, can be an alternative form of time travel, triggering memories and urges and smells with every scrumptious bite.
And let's not forget the scrumptious scones, devonshire cream, and biscuits that often accompany those regular tea times.
Fortunately, I nibbled these tidbits with restraint, because on my way to the music salon through a giant foyer, I was waylaid by the irresistibly mouthwateringly scrumptious, perfectly rare, prime- ribless Delmonico roast sliced to order for me... several times... along with freshly cooked to order sheer blinis dotted with Russian jam and whipped cream.
