Sentences with phrase «added piquancy»

Apart from the sum of money involved (one painting alone, his 1955 masterpiece Interchange sold for a $ 20.6 million in 1989), the case was given added piquancy by the apparently helpless state of the artist, who had Alzheimer's disease and had been legally declared a mental incompetent.

At home, I love to macerate shallots in vinegar, to add piquancy to salad dressings; and, in winter, I am often to be found slowly sweating onions into a brown, sticky mass, for use in pissaladière, French onion soup and a host of other mouth - watering dishes.

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Not only does it make delicious Red Chicken Enchiladas, but it's a perfect base for chili, and it adds a delightful piquancy to most Mexican or southwestern dishes.

it was easy to make, the potatoes cooked perfectly, and the mustard added a nice piquancy to the salad.

What adds to the piquancy of this moment in the political sphere is that it coincides with a breakthrough in the scientific one: namely, findings on the rapidretreat of glaciers in the high - altitude tropics, notably the Andes.