pleasures

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Skip the next two paragraphs if you want to hold onto the film’s purest pleasures.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

This recipe takes garlic bread — one of humanity’s most reliable pleasures — and pushes it toward buttery perfection.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026

In other moments, she emphasises simple pleasures, writing of the "joy found in ordinary things" and "the everyday magic of life itself".

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

As the World Cup landed in the U.S. for the first time in three decades, international soccer fans have been acquainting themselves with the distinctly American pleasures of barbecue, highway traffic jams and Texas summers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

Looking at food that way robs us of one of life’s greatest pleasures.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan