But I don't go home and say, 'Where the hell is my cup of tea?'" She grins, happily stirring her cup of Observer tea with an ancient pen.
The chef, Steven Picker, first makes a simple syrup by boiling and stirring a cup and a half of sugar with a cup of water until the granules dissolve.
The second took a bit longer, but Beckham delivered in dramatic fashion Sunday night, leading the Galaxy past the Houston Dynamo, 1-0, in a stirring M.L.S. Cup final.
Although France has a history of stirring World Cup victories — most notably against Australia in a 1987 semifinal, and against New Zealand in a 1999 semifinal and a 2007 quarterfinal — it has never won the World Cup.
The advert on Asda's own-brand milk labels for Nesquik hot chocolate featured a bunny cartoon character stirring a cup of the drink underneath the logo with the controversial claim.
Taking your leave was no easy task — on one occasion, Julia accompanied a guest on foot to the railroad station, stirring a cup of tea along the way — and, when you were far from her, the attentions only multiplied.
She wrote of her: "Dressed in robes of flowing red velvet, she walked with her friends, stirring a cup of tea as she walked, half-way to the railway station in hot summer weather.
Order the crêpes suzette and see the guéridon maneuvered into position, the burner ignited, the lump of butter eased around the copper pan, the slosh of Grand Marnier and the quick blue fire, all handled as if it were as simple as stirring a cup of coffee.
Quite apart from adorning team-sheets with exotic names such as Dennis Souza, Diego León, Marciano van Homoet and Istvan Ferenczi, the resultant blend has produced stirring FA Cup victories against Liverpool and Chelsea this season, but they have also huffed and puffed in the Championship, where Davey's side remain fourth bottom and in peril of relegation.
Sitting in a cavernous Dominican restaurant on Jerome Avenue in the Bronx and stirring a cup of powerful coffee on a morning a few days ago, Israel Ruiz Jr. was recognized by a group of elderly people sitting at a neighboring table.
