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But some of the massive, velvety echinoderms began the spawning process spontaneously — three days before the group would arrive.

The Japanese brand — with its thick, velvety texture and hint of umami — was once something you’d hunt for like a rare treasure.

Thanksgiving, for all its excess, is not a particularly textural meal—pillowy mashed potatoes, velvety gravy, candied yams collapsing under their own syrup.

To finish it off, I crown the soup with cubes of marinated feta from the olive bar, their briny sharpness cutting through the velvety sweetness of the roasted tomatoes.

My captive fingertips recorded every velvety inch of him on their downward tour, pausing only when impeded by the low waistband of his jeans.