amuse-bouche

• “One, the amuse-bouche, ceviche of scallops and shrimp, with the leche de tigre served alongside in a tall shot glass, to wake the appetite.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Kitchen Daughter

• “The mercurial Knicks may have reclaimed their swagger with back-to-back victories over Orlando and New Jersey—well, as much swagger as you can have when your record bobs at 37-38, and the elite of the Eastern Conference views you as nothing more than an amuse-bouche in the first round of the playoffs—but Cleveland lingers, mocking us all.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Knicks Must Get Over the Cavaliers

• “Served as an amuse-bouche in a tumbler, they spike the appetite.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Chilled Summer Soups

• “One has to admire Hilary's ferocity, much like Muldoon in Jurassic Park really has to admire the escaped raptor's speed before it gobbles him as a pre-lunch amuse-bouche.”

  The Guardian: Dragons' Den: Grace Dent's TV OD

• “There would always be an amuse-bouche or three; there would be a pre-dessert to flatter your palate in preparation for your actual dessert; instead of a sugar cube, finely spun sugar would arrive on a porcelain stirrer made by someone exquisite.”

  The Guardian: El Bulli closes: Farewell parmesan frozen air...

• “Kushner: The way that you're describing it, to continue the metaphor, it sounds like you've got several courses of amuse-bouche.”

  The Huffington Post: Daniel J. Kushner: Ecstatic Music Festival Interview #3: Gabriel Kahane

• “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.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Coasting High in Provence

• “Press play below for your @KrisAllen amuse-bouche, then check back later this week for the entire interview feast.”

  Kris Allen on Internet rumors: 'That stuff breaks you down as an artist and a songwriter' | EW.com

• “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.”

  Hemingway's Libidinous Feast

• “The adrenaline fare comes mostly a la carte, but at Queenstown Rafting on Shotover Street, I noticed a three-course tasting menu for about $500: jet boating down the Shotover River—an amuse-bouche—followed by a starter of whitewater rafting and, for the main course, a 440-foot jump above a canyon, tethered to a rubber band.”

  The Wall Street Journal: High-Flying Adventure

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