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  • For a stint, he was "in the weeds" -- as his ever-changing world of taste laid in the wild -- little-known leaves, weeds, and flowers like Queen Anne's lace, chicory root, and pigweed -- more poetically called lamb's quarters.

    Rozanne Gold: Chopra and Vongerichten Talk Food Rozanne Gold 2011

  • For a stint, he was "in the weeds" -- as his ever-changing world of taste laid in the wild -- little-known leaves, weeds, and flowers like Queen Anne's lace, chicory root, and pigweed -- more poetically called lamb's quarters.

    Rozanne Gold: Chopra and Vongerichten Talk Food Rozanne Gold 2011

  • Mache Salad With Yogurt Dressing: The mild, subtle mâche, also known as lamb's lettuce, contrasts nicely with the sharp, pungent garlic-spiked yogurt.

    NYT > Home Page By TARA PARKER-POPE 2011

  • Hazel catkins have remained hard, brown and dormant in the cold weather, but now they are showing the first signs of swelling up with pollen and swinging like lamb's tails.

    Plantwatch: Flowers brave the freezing weather 2011

  • The rest of dinner was perfectly decent but a little confused in some of the pairings – a starter of beetroot soup, salmon tartare and frito Mallorquín lamb's offal with fried potato, aubergine and peppers seemed a little de trop.

    Cycling gastro tour of Mallorca: meals on wheels 2011

  • Cooked for a few hours, the lamb's flavor deepens but remains mild, allowing for a balance of flavors and colors that suggests a spring garden.

    Stew's Spring Awakening Aleksandra Crapanzano 2011

  • In Gaza, and other disputed territories, sites of suicide attacks are ritually refreshed with lamb's blood to keep this association acute, and vivid, days after the remains have been cleared.

    Qanta Ahmed, MD: Of Madness and Muslim Martyrdom: The Ideal Age of Indoctrination MD Qanta Ahmed 2011

  • You could wear the beanie and smear the lamb's blood around, and be the favorite son and ask ALL the questions.

    mroctober: More alas mroctober 2010

  • In Gaza, and other disputed territories, sites of suicide attacks are ritually refreshed with lamb's blood to keep this association acute, and vivid, days after the remains have been cleared.

    Qanta Ahmed, MD: Of Madness and Muslim Martyrdom: The Ideal Age of Indoctrination MD Qanta Ahmed 2011

  • In Gaza, and other disputed territories, sites of suicide attacks are ritually refreshed with lamb's blood to keep this association acute, and vivid, days after the remains have been cleared.

    Qanta Ahmed, MD: Of Madness and Muslim Martyrdom: The Ideal Age of Indoctrination MD Qanta Ahmed 2011

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