Mango salad was a table favorite, with subtle heat distributed throughout the fruit, jicama, cucumber and vermicelli-crusted peanuts.
Saveur uses pickled jalapeños in its recipe, which supply a pleasing tanginess, but even better is the crunch and subtle heat of Bon Appetit's sliced radishes.
The practical arrangements, which seemed heavyhearted and discouraging in married life, could in these different circumstances provoke a subtle heat in her, a novel lethargy and submissive anticipation.
Worcestershire sauce is a must, but I can do without Tabasco and cayenne pepper: the mustard adds all the subtle heat the dish needs.
The house-made cherry peppers were a table favorite, their subtle heat ameliorated by their stuffing of nutty pecorino slabs wrapped in sweet prosciutto.
In a magical combination, tangy goat cheese and subtle heat from horseradish underscored the sweetness of yellow and red beets (carpaccio).
Cook them in a little olive oil, with a couple of dried chilies for subtle heat, if you like, until they're really brown all over.
The sweetness of the oven-blasted pumpkin, together with the salty intensity of the feta, the bitterness of the radicchio and the sour, subtle heat of the red onion, is a model of harmonious simplicity.
The chai toddy includes such exoticisms as cardamom, star anise and peppercorns, which are a little overpowering for my taste; a few cloves and a cinnamon stick add a more subtle heat to the toddy.
Juicy despite its black streaks of char, the tandoori chicken at Moti Mahal Delux has a subtle heat and spice but does not have the quarter-inch of candy-red flesh that indicates the presence of food coloring.
