Which makes sense, considering that it's the stuff that coal is made of (lignite coal is soft brown coal formed from geologic pressures on forests that died millions of years ago).

FORBES: Ethanol

Add the garlic and peppers and saute until soft and light golden brown, about 8 minutes.

NPR: Making a Meal with Mario Batali

For weeks, my grandfather sat in the long-stemmed grass and pored over the brown volume with its soft pages.

NEWYORKER: The Tiger��s Wife

Now Gordon Brown has also warned this week, saying that there will be no retreat to the soft options, the narrow politics of failed policies of the past and he was aiming that at the Deputy Leadership candidates and I wonder whether he was aiming it at you.

BBC: INTERVIEW WITH: PETER HAIN

Continuing the theme of found food, a soft-shell crab is presented as an edible beach treasure, surrounded by amaranth grains for sand and brown-butter sauce for seawater.

NEWYORKER: Atera