I became a naturalized citizen of this country twenty years… The fact that those in power in the movie industry are careful to choose most ignorant and misinformed men to direct important pictures is splendid… Famous landmarks of New York.
A dish of seared eel interleaved with melting slices of foie gras torchon, drops of jellied yuzu juice and halved figs that had been caramelized with a blowtorch was especially splendid, recalling the famous eel-foie gras dish of San Sebastian chef Martin Berasategui, but becoming something wholly new.
This beautiful baroque church on Christianshavn has a spiral staircase on the outside of its spire; walk to the top of this for a splendid view of the famous free town of Christiania.
Inside this splendid museum, the most famous piece is Raphael's "Sistine Madonna," with its iconic pair of cherubs, but equally impressive is Albrecht Dürer's melancholic "Dresden Altar" and the world's largest collection of paintings by the two Lucas Cranachs, Older and Younger.
Chipping Norton, about 20 miles northwest of Oxford, is a classic Cotswold market town, faced in gorgeous stone, its market square tilted down the side of a hill, with, in the bottom of the dale it overlooks, a splendid old wool mill famous for its massively tall chimney.
Besides landscaping that included small ponds and foliage, Splendid China displayed models of famous landmarks in China, including the Great Wall and the Forbidden City.
Cartmel is not only famous for its splendid 12th-century priory and its racecourse, but is also home to the Sticky Toffee Pudding Co, one of Rick Stein's food heroes.
Also included are two tickets to Boone Hall Plantation the setting for Allie's summer house dinner at High Cotton and a $25 gift card to Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream, where the famous ice scream scene took place.
Diane Silver's splendid freeway series showcases Los Angeles' famous freeway systems spray-painted onto large swaths of unstretched linen with silhouettes or photographic collages of a downtown skyline.
Mr. Acosta (nephew of the more famous Carlos) is a splendid dancer with a bounding jump and lyrical upper body.
