metier

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It is the métier of Acuña to convey on video, with bugged out or scrunched up eyes, doubled-over body, temporarily discolored skin, shrieks, moans and groans, the flash-quick process by which nerve endings, in response to what the body perceives as an intolerable degree of mechanical, chemical or thermal stimulus, telegraph frantic warnings of “danger” and “pain” to the spinal cord and, thence, to the brain.

From New York Times

Ian believes her willingness to write about uncomfortable subjects has become her métier.

From New York Times

Métier is where I send people who want some ceremony with their meal, just not a three-ring circus.

From Washington Post

“Not to be flip, but look at what fine dining does,” says the owner of Kinship and its richer, four-star sibling, Métier, located underground at the same address.

From Washington Post

Sauces are erased with the best mop I know: Métier’s heavenly Parker House rolls.

From Washington Post