BATHOS IS THE QUALITY of making the sublime into the ridiculous, so remember that when you gaze upon the staid, formal, and serious crown roast to the left — know that the individual lamb chops from the rack are often called “popsicles.” That’s bathos.
A couple of years back, you may recall that made a crown roast of pork for a holiday meal. Making the pork crown was best left to the butcher rather than having you wrestle 18 lb. of pork loin into a
