Herby salsa verde and mostarda di Cremona, composed of fruit chunks preserved in mustard-flavored sugar syrup, are eaten with bollito in Italy, and Austrians serve a sweet-sharp blend of horseradish and applesauce with tafelspitz.
Tasting her winery's dry furmint-harslevelu cuvée, I thought I got a sense of the difference: while Bott Pince's 100 percent furmint wine had been stony and sharp, the blend brought out more cantaloupe and sweet melon with less acidity, finishing with just a touch of linden blossom.
Variation: For a sharper flavor, blend 1/4 cup chopped onion with the tomatoes.
The squash shoes have a sharp smell, blending the synthetic with the animal, that reminds him of the court, the clean white walls and red lines, the unarguable rules of gladiatorial combat, and the score.
The Sky's razor-sharp exterior, a blend of curves and sharp creases, is anything but bland.
Her cheese was a wonderfully sharp, dry, crumbly blend of goat and sheep milk that tasted slightly of salt and soil.
Through his study of Tokugawa period (1603 1867) literature, he led a revival of interest in the 17th-century writer Ihara Saikaku, whose sharp perceptions he blended with his own poetic aesthetic to create a style of romantic realism.
And finally, a trio of carefully constructed sandwiches, thin pieces of spiced lamb with mustard-infused mashed potatoes on nan ($18), blending sharp, tangy and earthy flavors, fabulous especially when dipped into the accompanying raita.
The Jamaica has a rich coffee flavor from ground Arabica coffee beans; the Jacarepagua blends sharp lemon curd and fresh mint, and then there's the Phantasme, made with... oatmeal.
Blending sharp satire with moving portraits of love between lonely people, Gary Shteyngart's fiendishly clever third novel leaves you wondering whether that dull ache in your stomach is from laughter or just plain sadness.
