We might still love the idea of sitting down to a meal with familiar structure, where food is served to please you rather than dazzle you.
An aide to Mr. Bloomberg accused Mr. Cuomo of presenting a "smoke screen" that, instead of addressing "last in, first out," simply served to please the United Federation of Teachers, which represents city teachers.
For her I am just there to serve, to please, in whichever way she desires … In a parallel universe, I would exist only as her table".
For Porter, Mr. Priddy writes, "reality alone seldom served to fully please the eye or mind, advising that the artist enliven the prospect through the addition of evocative motifs such as balloons navigating the skies, windmills and waterfalls, parades marching down village streets and steamboats paddling on streams".
Feel at ease knowing that, if the Reber-Thomas Dining Hall and its NINE food stations aren't serving anything to please your child's picky palate, he or she can head to Doc's Diner, with its assortment of hearty breakfasts, juicy burgers and large screen TVs.
At all levels of the social hierarchy, Hinduism lives through artistic performances: dance and dance-drama, representational arts, poetry, music, and song serve not only to please deities but to transmit the religion's meaningful narratives and vital truths.
Finely julienned raw asparagus, slightly more than a garnish yet less than a salad, spiked with chives and olive oil, serves to emphasize the pleasing richness of white asparagus tips that have been roasted standing upright and basted in butter and their own juices.
He did it with the steak special, a manly yet tender portion of dry-aged rib-eye grilled to please and served with a sultry roasted tomato salsa and a quivering corn flan touched with chive.
Simone de Beauvoir once noted that artistic women are hampered by the desire to please, to serve and draw near rather than "to explode".
On Nov. 27, 1952, he wrote about the momentous decision of the proprietor of the august Parisian restaurant La Tour d'Argent to serve turkey instead of duck to please his American patrons, thereby prompting his chef to threaten to quit.
Her education, a template for all women's, prepares her only to please and serve her husband and rear children.
