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Asian short-grain rice that has a sticky texture, a sweet flavor, and is high in starch. The stickiness of the rice allows it to be packed together and formed into balls or squares, such as for rice cakes or sushi.

A French term used to traditionally describe a sweet food made like a dessert similar to a custard or flan without a crust.

An Italian term used to describe a method of making sweet wines. The term is also used to describe the actual wine that is made using the Passito Method.

The term "doux" is a French descriptor of sweet wine. Wines that are "doux" are typically labeled "vin doux".

A descriptor of wine that has a sweet, distinctive vanilla aroma. This is typically a characteristic of wine that has been aged in new oak barrels.

Descriptor of wines reminiscent of fruit, may be well balanced, a bit sweet, and slightly acidic.

A descriptor of wine with a bit of extra sweetness (high sugar content), and appley, berrylike, or herblike body and richness.

A variety of apple that grows well in cooler climates. Zestar apples are harvested late in the summer season maturing into a bright red fruit with some greenish yellow coloring.

A soft spreadable nut butter made from the slightly sweet, round nut grown on shrubs and trees in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Pronounced "wheat-lah-KOH-chay" it is a fungus (mushroom) that grows on sweet corn and is considered to be a delicacy in Mexican food dishes, some referring to it as a Mexican truffle.

A mixture derived from blanched almonds that are ground, blended with sugar and glycerin, and cooked together to form a stiffened paste.

A well-known French dessert that consists of rolled sweet crêpes (thin pancake-like flat cakes) covered with an orange sauce that is ignited to become a flaming dessert.

A salad green that has small dark green, velvety leaves with a rich, sweet flavor, similar to hazelnut.

A tropical fruit, native to South America that provides a mildly sweet cantaloupe and pear-like or honeydew melon flavor.

The French term for combining two flavors that create a sweet and sour taste, such as aigre doux sauce.

A smaller variety of the larger Cavendish cousin, this banana is sweeter in flavor and unique in its smaller appearance.

The process of cutting foods into fine or coarse cut pieces. Onions, carrots, sweet peppers, celery, tomatoes, and potatoes are all examples of foods that are coarsely chopped to be added to stews and chili.

A prune, made by drying a red plum, which has a sweet tangy flavor. This type of prune is available in some Middle Eastern markets.

A distinctively green, full-flavored nut containing crunchy meat that has a mildly sweet flavor. They are available salted or unsalted, and shelled or unshelled.

A dry onion grown in Hawaii, that have brown skins and a sweet tasting flesh that is best when eaten raw, but it can also be cooked.