a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes
avidity
Noun
a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something
avidness
Noun
a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something
aliment
Noun
a source of materials to nourish the body
aliment
Verb
to give nourishment to
agape love
Noun
selfless love of one person for another without sexual implications (especially love that is spiritual in nature)
allergy diet
Noun
a diet designed to avoid the foods that you are allergic to
affection
Noun
a positive feeling of liking
alphabet soup
Noun
soup that contains small noodles in the shape of letters of the alphabet
alphabet soup
Noun
a confusing assortment
afters
Noun
a dish served as the last course of a meal, dessert
ambrosia
Noun
the food and drink of the gods in classical mythology
ambrosia
Noun
fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut
ambrosia
Noun
any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma
ambrosia
Noun
a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae
adobo
Noun
a dish of marinated vegetables and meat or fish
antipasto
Noun
a course of appetizers in an Italian meal
all-day sucker
Noun
hard candy on a stick
appetizer
Noun
food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course)
appetiser
Noun
food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course)
apple fritter
Noun
fritter containing sliced apple
angel cake
Noun
a light sponge cake made without egg yolks
angel food cake
Noun
a light sponge cake made without egg yolks
apple tart
Noun
a tart filled with sliced apples and sugar
apple tart
Noun
a small open pie filled with sliced apples and sugar
apple turnover
Noun
turnover with an apple filling
apple dumpling
Noun
apples wrapped in pastry and baked
almond cookie
Noun
very rich cookie containing ground almonds
almond crescent
Noun
very rich cookie containing ground almonds
apple butter
Noun
thick dark spicy puree of apples
anise cookie
Noun
cookie made without butter and flavored with anise seed
apple jelly
Noun
jelly made from apple juice
apricot bar
Noun
fruit bar containing apricot jam
applesauce cake
Noun
moist spicy cake containing applesauce
anadama bread
Noun
a yeast-raised bread made of white flour and cornmeal and molasses
aitchbone
Noun
a cut of beef including the H-shaped rump bone
ashcake
Noun
corn bread wrapped in cabbage leaves and baked in hot ashes (southern)
ash cake
Noun
corn bread wrapped in cabbage leaves and baked in hot ashes (southern)
acorn squash
Noun
small dark green or yellow ribbed squash with yellow to orange flesh
acorn squash
Noun
squash plant bearing small acorn-shaped fruits having yellow flesh and dark green or yellow rind with longitudinal ridges
alimentary paste
Noun
shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg
artichoke
Noun
a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart
artichoke
Noun
Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head
artichoke heart
Noun
the tender fleshy center of the immature artichoke flower
asparagus
Noun
edible young shoots of the asparagus plant
asparagus
Noun
plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable
alfalfa sprout
Noun
sprouted alfalfa seeds
aubergine
Noun
egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow
aubergine
Noun
hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable