delicate

"It's a big old cheese -- there's a lot going on. The texture is beautiful: it's flinty as you break it apart; the crystalline in there are so delicate," he said.

The infusion transforms the grain: delicate, fragrant, subtly flavored.

Spending time with his clothes — pinstriped suits accented with sinewy leather, belts embellished with coins and cowrie shells, or delicate yet stiff snakeskin pants — one is struck by the immeasurable depths of his inspiration.

All this heightens the stakes of California’s already delicate year-end dance between the Santa Ana winds — the strength and heat of which have turbocharged many a fire — and the arrival of the rainy season.

This left Mowaa in a delicate position: asserting a clear stance on restitution while remaining diplomatic on custodianship - and emphasising its broader vision, which led to it dropping "Edo" from its name.