Ammogghiu, another caper-laden classic, is a piquant tomato-based sauce best served with a thick steak and lots of garlic bread to sop up the juices.

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Savory sorbets have a refreshing, cool texture and a piquant zing that make your taste buds dance.

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Tapioca balls come with a piquant sauce and pork crackling comes sous-vide.

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The dish's briny-sweet-rich flavor also recalls a classic Venetian sardine preparation, sarde in saor, whereby fried sardines are preserved in a piquant mixture of vinegar, onions, herbs, currants and pine nuts.

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When the moment of truth arrived, it was delectable, a perfectly al dente, subtly flavored pasta (with mussels and squid, it turned out) dressed, not drowned, in a piquant, bottarga-laced tomato sauce.

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The second room is majestic: three boxing scenes, three ravishingly piquant portraits of working-class youths, and a startling nude of an ill-at-ease woman.

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The wine's bouquet of jammy fruits, light florals and just a hint of chile pepper match the piquant chiles, garlic and luscious steak in this hearty, family-friendly dish.

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Bridges' guileless performance makes this piquant little indie tale of country music, redemption, and the love of a pretty younger woman such a sad-song charmer.

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Not to forget the solo violinist with a shock of wavy hair who sprang out of nowhere every so often to add yet another piquant element when least expected.

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He was making pizza with homemade dough for the young children of his second family, and his topping was a loose, watery, fresh tomato sauce, laced with anchovies and black olives, so piquant and delicious you could eat it by the spoonful and forgo the crust altogether.

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