And so on through kushiyaki (grilled skewers), nabemono (stews) and finally, some form of rice or noodles, to soak up the shots you've drunk through all the courses.
"We don't do two servings," explains Isabelle, "as it takes all evening to get through all the courses, and the idea here is not to be rushed - neither the chef nor the customers".
But the biggest surprise is how, through all the many courses of nigiri, the rice itself remains interesting.
Chauffeured out to the villa in a Mercedes the size of a tank, Voinovich was treated to a lavish dinner, through all the many courses of which the German banker explained to the then exiled Russian writer how one should properly appreciate the Russian trauma.
"The honesty and integrity of a benchmark like Libor is critical because Libor itself courses through all the facets of borrowing and lending in our economy," said Gary Gensler, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the American regulator involved in the Barclays case.
The membrane surrounding the allantois, full of blood vessels, lies just inside the permeable shell of the egg, and gases diffuse through and get picked up by the chick's blood, which is coursing through all the vessels both inside and outside its body, impelled by the beating of the tiny embryonic heart.
Scott has been through all this before, of course, as his "Blade Runner" has been released multiple times in numerous versions, with a long-standing debate among fans as to which is definitive and/or best.
He's been through all this before, of course, and if further moves to the disabled list seem inevitable for an injury that is not showing up on an MRI exam, the only thing the Dodgers know for certain is they will need a fifth starter by April 14.
Only this knowledge, it was widely assumed, enabled a medical practitioner to steer a safe course through all the perils of illness.
Through it all coursed a nonstop sense of humor.
