The refreshments, she was told, were scanty compared with what would have been served inbetter days, but what they had was exquisitely prepared.

Needless to say, 30 years of martial arts training had exquisitely prepared the Fabio look-alike for the task at hand, confronting the public at that critical intersection where Chuck Norris met Jackson Pollock on the dark side of the moon in the windmills of your mind.

Not only had he just savored the pleasure of enjoying an exquisitely prepared, presented, and served High Court feast, but he was perfectly well aware that he was about to ac-quire a most useful adherent.

A homeless kid who goes off to school with an undiagnosed hearing disorder has been exquisitely prepared to drown academically.

The foie gras was exquisitely prepared, its plum chutney marrying the muskiness of the liver and leavening the whole.

Sauteed duck (a leg and slices of tender meat) au jus, with the aroma of fresh sage inserted beneath the skin, was served with fresh asparagus and wild rice sparked with lemon, thyme and bay leaf, both exquisitely prepared.

It serves up exquisitely prepared Spanish dishes, with a wide range of meat and fish options, depending on the season and chef's whim.

The room had been exquisitely prepared by Bea and Lily.

Julia herself had been exquisitely prepared for her last and most public appearance, so artfully made up and padded that she looked like a young woman; her beauty alone made the crowd weep.

I did: a three-course lunch of salad, fish and vegetables came exquisitely prepared.