Instead of having the creamy texture of a sherbet (which is churned like ice cream), or the crunch of crushed ice, or the large ice crystals of a granita, properly shaved ice is soft and snowy on the tongue, and disappears instantly when pressed against the palate.
When I was about seven, we had a memorable family holiday on Mull – it felt like it rained all the time and I lost Snowy the soft toy seal I'd bought at a gift shop, but it was lovely anyway!
Build a fire and cuddle up in a soft blanket on a snowy night.
A winter forest inspired the dark greens, soft browns and wine reds, with streaks of snowy white on heels or in the longhair fur coats, some of which were painted to suggest feathery creatures.
All the seafood was deftly cooked: snowy-white halibut and cod, pan-seared soft shell crabs and an order of five pan-seared scallops.
ON a snowy day in Grafton, fires are stoked and soft chairs beckon in a cozy country inn.
Radicchio is beautiful: wine-red veined with snowy white and a lovely bitterness that works brilliantly with soft, salty and creamy flavours (chicory, or Belgian endive, makes a great substitute).
It was painted in the artist's native Ornans region during a cold and snowy winter, the artist limiting his palette to steely blues, soft browns, blacks and an array of tinted whites applied in sweeping, messy brush strokes.
