Microwavery

The kitchen was a masterpiece of modern microwavery, the brushed stainless steel of the implements and the shiny beige plastic counters unadorned and unabashed, poised to challenge McDonald's or Burger King […]

Eighteenth-century French gastronomes labored for days to perfect exquisite banquets; our Yank microwavery can produce equivalent gastric distress within seconds.