Bouche

Trying to feel relevant now is a bit like/touching my own mouth shot full of anesthetic,/or forming the word "bouche" while drunk. ❋ Karyna McGlynn (2009)

On Fox, he grills red meat (Obama is the "most radical" president, the "food stamp" president, the "Kenyan, anti-colonial" president), but on mainstream shows, he is quick to cleanse the palate with an even-handed amuse bouche ("I don’t think right-wing social engineering is any more desirable than left-wing social engineering"). ❋ Ari Melber (2011)

Last weekend I cooked a little dinner for Nena and her parents, and this was the amuse bouche -- a cube of fresh watermelon, balsamic vinegar syrup made with local blackberries, a petit basil leaf and some grated grana padano cheese. ❋ Unknown (2009)

C. Entice the gentlemen to sample rather than just size-up my assets (think amuse bouche and bite). ❋ The DC Damsel (2010)

They were a perfect amuse bouche, preparing us for the smoked pork belly, which was surprisingly lean. ❋ Chris Kompanek (2010)

Then the embroidered lace curtains on the left window and dig those GORGEOUS aqua bleu shutters (ma couleur favorie). the red "boucherie" sign is fun -- I imagine the angled "u" as a grande bouche opening up for the delights that can be found inside ... drools. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The last few dinner parties we've thrown, I've done something as an amuse bouche -- for a couple reasons. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Quand on connaît toutes les misères que les propos de De Gucht ont suscité et qu'on entend le même discours de la bouche du « raïs », on se dit: « ça sent mauvais ». ❋ Unknown (2009)

And this, as some addicts will already know, is merely an amuse-bouche for the main course of another unfinished Hemingway effort, “The Garden of Eden,” at the end of which it seems that hair must be discarded altogether, and shaved heads become the sexual totem. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Plan to linger a while at the table, since meals begin with a few delicate amuse-bouche and end with a true fanfare of heavenly desserts. ❋ Lanie Goodman (2011)

But there is a counterpoint slogan, which comes out of the cynical bouche of Prince Talleyrand, the club-footed but elegant lothario who was a survivor of the Revolution in France: "Above all, not too much zeal." ❋ Dr. Charles G. Cogan (2011)

Press play below for your @KrisAllen amuse-bouche, then check back later this week for the entire interview feast. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And as a further amuse-bouche for his slavering critics, the author has himself not just killed off but decapitated and chopped to pieces, the strips of his flesh ornamenting the room like a Jackson Pollock. ❋ George Walden (2010)

One delightful amuse bouche is followed by another. ❋ Tom Sietsema (2011)