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A soft, sweet, thin-fleshed food item with many small, edible seeds. Although the Fig is most often considered to be a fruit, it is actually a flower that is picked for eating.

piquante,

Descriptor of wine that is not quite dry but the sweetness of the wine is too weak to describe the wine as sweet.

A dairy product, produced from pasteurized sweet cream, which has a thick creamy texture and a tangy flavor, due to the lactic acid that is added.

A thick, sweet-and-sour Chinese sauce, which is used as a condiment for Asian foods. It is made from a combination of dried plums and apricots, vinegar, sugar, and spices, which provide a sweet tangy and somewhat spicy flavor to foods.

Formed into the shape of a dome this dessert or sweet confection is a popular Italian food item. Translated to mean "truffle" in Italian, a Tartufo may be made as a small chocolate candy with a sweet filling or it may be made as an ice cream dessert, typically filled with gelato and covered with chocolate on the outside.

Pronounced Lam-Broos-Koh. A grape varietal used in the production of red wine, originating in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.

A type of sweet bread flavored with molasses, honey, and ginger. It is often made into cookies with a dense, chewy texture and cut into various shapes such as the ginger bread man....

An herb which is also referred to as Sweet Cicely, Chervil and Myrrh, that is native to western Asia and Europe, but is also grown in many other regions.

Translated, a Torta means tart in Italian, which describes a small tart-like food that may be baked or made with cold, refrigerated ingredients that do not require baking.

An heirloom variety of sweet corn with kernels tightly formed on the cob that do not grow in straight rows but irregular, jagged groupings.

A type of muskmelon that has a longer ripening life, allowing it to remain firm and sweeter flavored without becoming soft.

A ground substance that is a purple colored starch made from the meat of purple yams, a tuber that has a gnarled appearance.

A sweet and sour sauce that is prepared from a combination of dried plums and apricots, vinegar, sugar, and spices to be served as a condiment with cooked duck or pork.

A popular South American sandwich cookie made with flour and cornstarch dough baked into round wafers.

A type of cookie that is made with very thin embossed wafers, formed into a waffle pattern that are spread with a sweet syrup and sandwiched together.

A mixture of finely crushed ice and other ingredients that are used to create a thick, cold and refreshing beverage.

A slightly sweet, tender fruit covered with a shiny skin that ranges in color from purple, which is the most familiar, to red, yellow, green, or white, depending on the variety.

A very thin flat cake, similar to a pancake, that is served as a base for a variety of sweet toppings or as a food wrap to be filled with rich and savory ingredients rolled inside the crêpe.

In the U.S. it is a colorless liqueur, which is available in various flavors such as butterscotch, chocolate, licorice, peach, peppermint, and root beer.