curdling

The tagline — “What a guy! What a lug! What a hero! What a bum!” — illustrates the tentative truce between fans and umpires that is always, inevitably, one call from curdling.

That queasy, curdling feeling has finally been conquered.

Then warm liquid from a broth or sauce is added slowly to the mixture to temper the eggs and prevent them from curdling.

Technology, nostalgia and the often-inflated value of brands and IP have created a nightmarish cycle of resurrection and regurgitation, curdling what we love most.

Novelist John Wray’s ‘Gone to the Wolves’ tracks 1980s death metal, following three friends from a Florida backwater into L.A.’s exciting, curdling rock scene.