If Ms Williams does not intend to induce human horror at a pending bestial Armageddon, she at least invokes a future of earthly loneliness, where animals appear only as ceramic-hen butter dishes and endangered-species elastoplasts.

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For the first time in 30 years, Rubbermaid is changing the unadorned, utilitarian design of its water pitcher, adding a swoosh-like handle and a rubbery bottom-half to match a new line of kitchen gewgaws like butter dishes and pepper shakers.

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The menu features dishes such as sweetbread ravioli with brown butter to pork chops with prosciutto, quince relish and creamy polenta.

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The flavorful seafood dishes at rm are superbly prepared, and the side of pasta with truffle butter and Parmesan may be the best pasta you'll ever savor.

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You could have two dishes of pasta, and one is incredibly spicy red sauce, and the other is just butter and Parmesan cheese, and any person could prefer either one.

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He stopped using jelly on his peanut-butter biscuits to decrease sugar content and started making a blander veal stock for some dishes, including Rover Easy, which has scrambled eggs with applewood smoked bacon bits.

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