Q Map Grab a number at this spruce little bakery, and while you wait head to the glass wall in back to watch staff busily preparing piping-hot pizzas and focaccias with various toppings, from olive oil and salt to complex cheesy concoctions.

The evening's most jazzlike number was a complex concoction offhandedly evocative of Thelonious Monk; Mr. Jarrett embellished it with boogie-woogie flourishes, stomping rhythms and a hard-charging bebop line in octaves.

Simple anti-fever tablets lowers the fever, but more complex concoctions can be constructed which permanently enhance his strength and agility which are helpful while exploring the dangerous island.

Between them is a complex concoction of graham crackers, marshmallows, chocolate, hibachi sticks and a heater, a modern-day s'mores date.

The difference now is that homey essences that once formed the background to more complex and alluring concoctions have acquired a glamour of their own as the star ingredients.

Offerings range from the most simple, such as 'good food plates, ' a custom-made spread of greens, roots, grains and soy-based protein, to the more complex concoctions, such as the beloved 'paradise casserole, ' a feast of layered sweet potatoes, black beans and millet topped with mushroom gravy.

The operation has been streamlined, and we missed some of the great details of the old days: steamed fish, more complex concoctions (huitlacoche, fig, currants); and not least, the menu's silly asides, once part of the restaurant's personality.

In addition to large corporations, a number of mutual funds and other investors have found that this year's rising interest rates have caused more damage than expected to some derivatives and other complex financial concoctions like certain mortgage-backed securities that had been designed to profit from declining interest rates.

Boneless chicken pieces were cooked with roasted coconut, chilies and ginger to create a complex hot/sweet/pungent concoction that quickly disappeared from the family-style table.