trade fours v. phr.— «We shared a too brief lunch during which both father and son in the special parlance of jazz musicians “traded fours,” with a rising crescendo of memories of all that Herb Pomeroy, trumpeter and inspiring...
foodshed n.— «But where Waters’ foodshed stretches as far south as Chino ranch near San Diego, Grade’s ingredients are gathered from at most a 15-mile radius or no more than a half hour from the lodge. Much of it comes from people she...
soul bowl n.— «We all know by now that Lovie Dovie and Tony Dungy are the first African-American coaches in the Superbowl.…Already coined the “soul bowl’ (by CNN, not me), we’re going to hear about what a great day this is for...
gymbot n.— «I suspect we’re learning that the body is a machine—not a sensual, flexible collective of organs and muscle and bone and skin, but a machine we can “work out” with.…Even if the metaphor has some merit...
gone pecan n.— «Mandisa is a gone pecan, as they say in some parts of the South; she’s got soul, tons of soul, but that apparently doesn’t help when you butcher a country song.» —“Mandisa is eliminated on ‘Idol’” Boston...
bucket around v. phr.— «Where breathes the fighting man with soul so dead that he takes insult on being termed a soldier of fortune? There’s no better label for the man who prefers bucketing around the globe seeking danger to a safe nest...