But among the several salads listed, fava bean was simple and first-rate: a base of arugula held lots of fresh favas, cooked to tender without being mushy; shaved pecorino and a lemony dressing perfected the dish.
Eggplant slices can also be grilled until tender without losing a certain rugged chew.
It keeps cakes tender without weighing them down; its milky blandness soothes without any of the heaviness of butter.
And the duets between Cinderella and her prince are tender without being soft, musically sophisticated without being fancy.
"Countries can obviously choose to adopt the dollar as legal tender without our assent," Mr. Summers said in his 1999 testimony.
But Grayling can't have "best value tendering" without something called Qasa (Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates).
The method makes tough meats tender without drying out the surface, as is often the case with braising.
As a kind of celebrity "Pilgrim's Progress," it is very tender without missing the fact that show business is hard.
His portrait of a Tokyo teenager named Satoru who works part time in a record shop and falls in love with a pretty customer is finely observed: tender without being sentimental, funny without being snide.
Kebabs, not surprisingly, are generous and well turned out -- particularly the kefta, or ground lamb, which is redolent of herbs and garlic and smoke, and the swordfish, which is moist and tender without being mushy.
