That beet salad with creamy goat cheese still kept a nice balance of the tart, mellow and sharp essentials, and greens with tangy Gorgonzola and sweet sugared nuts in a light dressing were equally pleasing.
The Williamstown Theater Festival here is offering a sweet, nut-filled slice of early Sondheim with an all-male production of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," from 1962, the first Broadway show for which Mr. Sondheim wrote both music and lyrics.
Thieves robbed California nut companies to the tune of $4.6 million last year, and now that they've gotten a taste of that sweet nut money, they're hooked.
The impressive cathedral houses the tomb of Saint James, and the Old Town is full of stores selling religious souvenirs and special confections (the sweet nut cakes were particularly delectable).
You can also add a few teaspoons of sugar if your a total sweet nut! Try filling the coffee cup 4/5 full with coffee, and add a small dollop of whipped cream.
Keats was justifiably effusive in his Ode to Autumn depicting a season overflowing with a glut of produce: ripe apples, juicy plums, damsons and pears, gnarled orange-green gourds swelling with culinary promise, and fresh milky-sweet nuts such as the cobnuts that have seen such revival in popularity over the last few years.
"Sweets, nuts, dried fruits, a cake layered with honey," Collagi said.
The kaleidoscope of colors - women's saris, the oversized fruits and vegetables, shops jammed with sweets, nuts and spices - are feasts for the eyes and camera-perfect.
Crackers, crisps, sweets, nuts, milk and soft drinks do not count as food, they are snacks, which parents' do not always understand, in fact, only make a child feel full.
