That sense of the balance between restraint and indulgence is a constant; Berry’s recipes, as elaborated in more than 70 books, cover the culinary waterfront, taking us from the fish pie supper to the flashy bit of patisserie (think of those fiddly mokatines, tiny squares requiring genoise sponge, crème beurre and fondant icing from a recent episode of Bake Off).

[…]the scanner-computer system reads the decimal bar-coded label on the box of each finished product.

The clanging and groaning of the train came nearer, and it staggered slowly into the station like a prey- laden monster into its lair.

The Yokut say that Condor ate the moon, causing the lunar cycle, and made eclipses with his wings.