Sentences with phrase «bit of a nod»

The chili vinegar is a bit of a nod to escabéche, in the sense that it's a little sweet, a little spicy, and a little sharp.

We actually served bananas foster as a dessert at my wedding, as a bit of a nod to one of my favorite places down the shore.

I gave a bit of a nod to fall by adding these super cute vintage looking boots and my denim vest (which I barely wore because it was so hot).

We can go even further and point out how Mario has had a dating sim reference in Super Paper Mario, a shooting game with Yoshi's Safari and even a bit of a nod to the Souls series too with a particular boss in Mario Odyssey.

Not exact matches

Occasionally, his head would nod down — just a bit — and he'd be very still for a couple of minutes while he slept.

The person doing the praying will often work himself up into a bit of a frenzy, until he is shouting and shaking, and people who are listening are nodding their heads, shouting «AMEN!»

Although he's my # 1 recipe taste - tester, he's not terribly expressive when giving me feedback — after giving him a bite of a new sweet treat, usually I'll just get either a nod, a «Good,» or a «Maybe you could make brownies?»

There's also sea salt, pepper, and just a tiny bit of cinnamon as a nod to the apples that are in these pork chops» future.

The term «artisan bread» is a bit of a rabbit hole as it doesn't strictly define anything, but over on Jamie Oliver's site they talk about artisan bread as a term that is really a nod to the «care, expertise and quality of ingredients» that goes into making the bread.

;) This was my daughter's reaction on the first bite ---- rolling eyes, mouth full (too full to say a word) and an immediate thumbs up and big nod with her head;) When she freed the other hand to get the rest of the cookie in, she jointed the other thumb in two thumbs up!!

With Jamaican jerk spices and a little bit of curry powder (a nod to the Indian influence and population in Jamaica) the pork is great even as a standalone item, but a little mango salsa gives it some extra island flair.

Hilary's, the creator of convenient and culinary foods that are made from real ingredients and are free - from common allergens, has expanded its frozen product portfolio, introducing three new flavors of veggie bites: Broccoli Casserole, Mediterranean and Spicy Mesquite — a special nod to Hilary's Midwestern roots and the brand's creative perspective on BBQ.

He takes his first bite and I wait anxiously for the seal of approval; the one where he nods his head, mid chew, and attempts to hum an Uh huh with his lips closed tight.

The Herd's strength of schedule was a bit lower than Tulane's, but winning in Death Valley gives them the nod.

His second effort was a excellent bit of poaching as Ozil floated the ball into the box for him to nod it past Schmeichel, and his third was a superbly hit strike from outside the box.

Sounding only a little bit like a man whistling past a graveyard, seven of the National League's finest teams spent a happy springtime assuring themselves and a nodding assortment of itinerant experts what a whale of a pennant race this was going to be.

Still, sleep is essential for good health, so if you've started to dread the approach of... MORE nightfall and subsequent bedtime battles with your child, here are nine tips to make your child's trip to the Land of Nod just a little bit easier.

First, a quick nod to one funny idea that didn't make the cut since it would just be a bit freaky: Cutting the people out of the holiday card photos and taping them onto popsicle sticks or straws to create friendly paper dolls of sorts.

With its gentle rocking motion your baby will nod off in no time, giving you that extra bit of rest that is oh so critical in the first few months.

The newly - elected MP rails against the «sheep - like head nodding» of her Tory colleagues and says she has been made to «feel a bit like voting fodder a lot of the time».

Whilst professing itself to be a «reforming» or «revising» chamber, it has used this majority to unashamedly pass, virtually «on the nod», endless bits of regressive and suspect pieces of Tory legislation, from the poll tax to the recent NHS bill.

The top - ranking declared candidate was former Louisiana governor Buddy Roemer, who had a bit more than 6,000 clicks of support across the entire United States — about one - eighth as many nods as Jon Huntsman, the worst - performing mainstream Republican candidate, received in the New Hampshire primary.

We unconsciously nod to signal that we are following the other person's train of thought, for example, or squint a bit to indicate that we are losing track.

I took a little bit of everything, but I was obsessed with the blueberry basil avocado salad (which paired perfectly with our Kevita Masterbrew Blueberry Basil kombuchas), the quinoa - studded Veggie Spring Rolls with a creamy peanut dipping sauce, and the mushroom and cauliflower enchiladas, a modern nod to our Southwestern location.

The family room has subtle nods to the holidays with bits of traditional red and green.

This seems to be a bit all over the place, not nearly as singular and interesting, still a lot of good things about it, I certainly appreciated nods

No character escapes being reduced to the dimensionality of an undercooked SNL bit, including McCarthy's Deanna, wasting great talent such as Gillian Jacobs, Stephen Root, Maya Rudolph, and Chris Parnell on sycophantic nods to McCarthy's apparent monolithic greatness.

Veep, which ended Modern Family's five - year win streak last year and has 17 nods, was stronger, funnier and more biting than ever even in the absence of series creator Armando Iannucci.

This comes from Deadline, and in what may be a nod to the way that the ridiculousness of real life made the ridiculousness of Veep a bit harder to manage, it sounds like the show is going...

He gets plenty of help from composers Lorne Balfe (The LEGO Batman Movie) and Clint Mansell (Moon), whose music provides a bit of propulsion to an opening featuring some story exposition, sleek production design, and some vibrant images, some of which are nods to the anime film.

And while the answers may not be as satisfying and / or as cut - and - dried as many of us would like (especially those who do have kids), the journey — while a bit long and convoluted at times (it is sort of a «Gone Baby Gone» meets «The Silence of the Lambs «-RRB--- it is nevertheless fascinating and populated with terrific performances, so don't be surprised if the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences comes calling with a few nods next January.

Snub: Amy Adams won a Golden Globe last week for her performance in «Big Eyes» and has been nominated by the Academy five times previously, so it's a bit of a surprise that she didn't get her sixth nod this year.

Now a new trailer has appeared and it's bringing us more of the same vibe — a little bit WALL - E, a little Minority Report, a hint of War of the Worlds, a nod to Alien 3 and Pitch Black, some dashes of the video games Portal and Half - Life — a little bit of everything sci - fi really.

Kojima, who enjoys a good bit of showmanship as much as the next legendary developer, arrived for the information session with his head wrapped in plaster — a nod to the tutorial that he played through a section of for the audience, which takes place in a hospital where we find Solid Snake recovering from a nine - year coma.

It is no sin to baldly foreshadow, but it is a bit of a sin to treat that foreshadowing with a sagely knowing nod, a belief that this will blow its audience's mind when just about anyone, including its dumbfounded lead character, should have seen coming.

Matt Damon (Rounders, Dogma) and Ben Affleck (Forces of Nature, Armageddon) would serve as executive producers thanks to a deal they signed to develop films with Miramax, and would also have small bit roles themselves, and would give a co-starring nod to the relatively unknown Jay Lacopo, who is also the screenwriter, and previous star of Ben Affleck's first directorial gig, a short entitled, I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her Her on a Meat Hook, and Now I Have a Three - picture Deal at Disney.

Body roll is pretty well contained and feels well matched with the grip afforded by the tyres, but the 320d does that nodding - dog trick that many diesels are afflicted with: the weight of the engine seems to gradually upset the damping until the front and rear ends seem to get out of phase with each other and the car feels a bit like an unbalanced dumb - bell.

If you're not going to tow, then the 3008 will be more than adequate, but for the extra bit of flexibility, it's the Tiguan which takes the nod by the very, very narrowest of margins.

We talked a little bit about the 300 in one of our recent blog posts, and the numerous best - in - class nods garnered by the seminal sedan of Detroit.

While the nod to Porsche's race history is understandable, it's a bit of a distraction from what's really noteworthy: 20 years after the Boxster first debuted, it has dumped its flat - six powerplants for a pair of turbo fours.

It's so good at every angle of corner and every bit of topography we found that we got out of it looking at the Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 265/35 R19 front and 285/30 R20 rear tyres with involuntary nodding respect, which seemed odd in hindsight.

Unlike the diesel, there is a bit more of the shift nod phenomenon between gears at lower revs.

I don't have that kind of money to throw around, though, and hearing several other (well known) indie writers nod and agree that «they, too, do this» makes us poorer indies feel a bit inadequate.

I am 11 so I am not a little bairn and I am not a man but I did nt say anything I just nodded my head a bit and Carla came and gave me a glass of Pepsi.

Shaking and nodding can develop because of inadequate stimulation, but they can also be the result of improper bit fit or other problems associated with the horse's mouth, or flying insects around the horse's face.

I showed them the bits of food we had left and they nodded.

It is kind of neat to see the world of Aiden Pearce and Watch Dogs fleshed out a little bit with a special nod to someone that Ubisoft really likes.

The weapon variety provides a nice amount of choice and strategy to combat, and the game's signature weapon — the ultra-cool Address Disruptor — cleverly enables players to control «glitches» in the environment, a nice nod to the screen blips and pixelated graphics of the 8 - bit era.

Even with the recent run of Wii problems, Bit.Trip Runner has pulled me back in, and Super Mario Galaxy 2 with its heavy nods to previous titles... well, I guess I'll hold off on shelving my Wii just a bit longer (though I'm still anxious about this new system eating discs.

There are some things that weren't all that bad, the archived tape recordings offered some intrigue as to what it was all about and there were things in the game that were a clear nod to where it got its influences from but its all a bit of a mish - mash, trying to be a game that gives the player a fair bit of freedom but then contradicts itself by restricting so much.