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Spaghetti aglio olio, with sauteed sliced shallots, and finished with mum's homemade sambal paste. Power!

@lo82070 and @Junie: we had the mother of our riad hotel manager in Fes, Morocco, cook dinner for us on our last night's stay, and she made pastilla. It was every bit as the quote describes - delicate textures and the most amazing constellation of flavours. Somehow eating with fingers completes the deliciousness.

Back to topic - my first food-literature experience was the Gingerbread Man. After much begging mum and sis baked a gigantic (to a 4-yr-old) one for me. Before it had even cooled down I was already chomping at the legs - so that it won't run away...

Gazpacho soup.

But I think for foreign food words it really depends on whether the audience shares the same food vocabulary..

I don't get what's wrong with sushi rice though - doesn't it refer specifically to the rice portion (and not the neta) of sushi, or generally to boiled rice mixed with vinegar used for making sushi?

steamed tiny taro roots served during Mid Autumn Festival, along with mooncakes and tea, under lantern lights : ) or chestnuts, as kurigohan (japanese chestnut rice).

"Happier days are ahead, struggle has ended"

just got this from a FB fortune cookie.. the reassurance is much appreciated :)

I'll have a panino with just-sliced Umbria-style porchetta (more crispy skin please) and caramelised onions, freshly made at the weekly market stall!

This is one of my favourite recipes, since I first came across jerusalem artichokes last year. I've made it with new potatoes too, but it wasn't the same. Lovely smoky, nutty, complex caramelized flavours nicely balanced with the bitters. Well worth the after effects : )

plus, you get to play "make a wish" with the wishbone.

something mild, delicate, teasing on the tongue and comforting at the same time. italian asiago cheese on soft bread and butter, drizzled with honey. slurpable chawanmushi, with oyster inside for a bonus!! warm tau huay, or sweet silken soya beancurd floating in a sweet clear soup of sugar syrup...