You'll want to peel peas only for the deserving, those who won't need to be told how long it took, but who will close their eyes at the first mouthful and notice how the delicate flavor of the peas mingles with the broth in which they've been cooked.
This mouthful of luxury was topped with delicate green tea foam and served with a thin pistachio cookie.
Perfumed, sweet, delicate and fizzy, this twisted bottle offers a moscato mouthful to selflessly aide in the consumption of a classic Aussie dessert.
Then there is the issue of leakage from the bottom of a too-loosely-twisted foil wrap, and also the delicate procedure of prising that, by now sopping wet, last mouthful from the final cup of foil - itself now overflowing with juices - and transferring it to your mouth without any spillage.
In A Mouthful of Glass (Granta, £12.99), Henk van Woerden has written a delicate, haunting biography of the assassin, Tsafendas, who was shunned by his family and kicked from country to country like junk because he was of mixed race.
An appetizer with a mouthful of a name — red chili squid baby spinach salad — was huge but almost delicate.
A good salad is all about each mouthful being unique; a pop of lemon, a crunchy leaf, the frond of a delicate herb.
Combining burrata, that super-delicate descendant of mozzarella, with pancetta and chili oil accentuates all three, creating a nuanced mouthful whose contrasting flavors serve to complement one another.
But spring ginger's subtle spice doesn't compete with other delicate flavors, so you can slice it into a stir-fry and still get a gingery flavor without a mouthful of heat.
"Mmmph," says Terry as he takes a mouthful of dirt off the blade of his knife, after informing us that truffled soil has a delicate palate of aluminium, "No truffles here".
