33 Quotes About Tastes

  • Author Diana Abu-Jaber
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    She lifts the lid from the pan of smoked green wheat kernels and dips in a spoon. "Here. Taste."He holds the spoon in his mouth for a moment. She knows what he is tasting, how the broth is flavored with pepper and garlic and lustrous, deep smokiness. "And try this," she says. Vibrant vegetable greens, garlic, and lemon. "And this." Herbal, meaty, vaguely fruity.

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  • Author Julie Powell
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    The crunch of the mustard-spiked crust somehow brings the unctuous smooth richness of the liver into sharp relief. It's like the silky soul of steak. You have to close your eyes, let the meat melt on your tongue, into your corpuscles.

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  • Author Susan Gilbert-Collins
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    At first she couldn't taste anything but the feta and bacon, but the texture of the shrimp was perfect, resistant than yielding with a gentle pop. And then she tasted it, mild and pink and sea-salty. She could fall in love with this shrimp. She ate another perfect morsel.

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