Tom Douglas

My favorite way to cook trout is whole, bone-in, on the grill. The fish are stuffed with sliced lemons and herb sprigs, brushed with oil, and cooked over fairly hot coals until the skin is crisp and the flesh is moist and flaky. Go ahead and gild the lily by adding a sauce.

American Chef

John Thorn

As the game enters its glorious final weeks, the chill of fall signals the reality of defeat for all but one team. The fields of play will turn brown and harden, the snow will fall, but in the heart of the fan sprouts a sprig of green.

American Historian

Nadia Giosia

You know, we don't have any decorative sprigs of rosemary; we're not placing little matchstick radishes onto an hors d'oeuvre... The food's gotta taste good. The concept's gotta taste good.

Canadian Chef

Roisin Murphy

I always try to lace my work with just a teensy-weensy bit of humour. It's rather like putting a sprig of feathery stuff in a flower arrangement: I believe humour is a great balancer.

Irish Musician

Tinsley Mortimer

Because I am southern, I love serving mint juleps in silver cups with a sprig of mint as guests enter.

American Celebrity

Thomas Jefferson

There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.

American President

A 'sprig' often refers to herbs used to add flavor in cooking.

Culinary Uses

'Sprig' can imply a decorative or aesthetic use, especially in festive contexts.

Decorative Element

Using 'sprig' suggests freshness, as the piece is typically recently picked.

Freshness Connotation

When referring to a person, emphasizes their lack of experience or youth.

Inexperience Highlighted

Calling someone a 'sprig' is usually friendly, not meant to offend.

Not Derogatory

Can imply potential, as a young ‘sprig’ person may grow in skill or wisdom.

Potential Growth

 is this absurd battle between proponents of genetically engineered food and the organic elite. It's an idiotic debate. It has to stop. It's a debate about words, about metaphors. It's ideology, it's not science. Every single thing we eat, every grain of rice, every sprig of parsley,

The danger of science...

 the bus it was like someone you know cracked open the window and you know I had that little bit of hope that I was helping my mother to cook dinner because I couldn't stay away from the kitchen and I had a sprig of fresh rosemary the

This Is What It's Like...

 After all, what god could fear a trifling weed? At this, Loki dashed outside to find a sprig of mistletoe. When he returned, the festivities had grown even rowdier. But not every god was enjoying the party.