Lord Lyttelton's Life by Dr Johnson […] which a whole tribe of Blues, with Mrs Montagu at their Head, have Vowed to execrate and revenge […].

a flat-bottomed bowl

The pan overheated, the heat was too high, the heat was too low, the onions refused to caramelize or burned immediately and stuck; […] and inevitably the meat got tough and stringy, the sauce lost its complexity in the repeated dilutions and deglazings […]

But even as we troubled souls feel the deathlock of disagreements profound and if we can avoid sheer cynicism, it seems almost impossible to retain clarity about fundamental principles and diagnostic politics.