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  • SERVES 6wild sea bass 1 weighing approximately 1kg, skinned, filleted and pin-bonedlemon grass 1 stick, cut into 6 chunkstiny tomatoes 6 quarteredpetits pois 6 tbsp broad beans 6 tbsp briefly blanched and skins slipped offwhite wine 6 tbspolive oil 6 tbspfresh dill a handful, choppedsea salt and pepperCut three pieces of greaseproof paper about 35cm square.

    Seaside recipes: crab tart, sea bass with pea and mint soup 2011

  • Or if the background is dark, letters should be offwhite or grey or something like that.

    Weekend Breakfast Blogging- Breakfast Burrito Cardamom 2007

  • Gray with a fine red or black or white or offwhite?

    It's been a while since I raved about a collar. - A Dress A Day 2006

  • They have pink flower/branches and little birdcages on an offwhite background.

    Fabric is Everywhere - A Dress A Day 2006

  • To that end, the new color scheme in the dining room will be seaglass and sand, taking cues from light to dark wet sand, seafoam, aquamarine, offwhite, etc.

    Archive 2005-05-01 2005

  • I was scanning the enemy trenches like always when an enemy soldier in an offwhite quilted coat suddenly stood up on the side of his trench and gazed in my direction.

    ONE SHOT-ONE KILL CHARLES W. SASSER CRAIG ROBERTS 1990

  • Pods of both species are beige to offwhite, from which the species name alba, or white, originates.

    Chapter 45 1990

  • It gives an offwhite flour, much like the whole-wheat flours that come from red wheats.

    6 Food and Feed Uses 1989

  • A new cosy collection in soft blue, beiges and offwhite - The Ciel Living Room, a 23 piece set comprising of two fireside armchairs with 10 animations, including a 'warm hands by the fire' animations to compliment the Ciel fireplace.

    World of SL 2010

  • My boyfriend and I ripped off the center wooden panel, filled any holes with wood putty and painted them an offwhite / cream.

    Apartment Therapy Main 2009

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