A variety of plum tomato which produces straight trusses bearing 10-12 fruits.
An aphrodisiac is anything which adds to the amorous or erotic senses. Many foods are believed to belong in this category, the most famous probably being oysters. Most aphrodisiac foods have become so because of their shape, such as asparagus, celery and bulbed chervil. Eating these foods with your hands, with a sauce dripping around lips and fingers, can only enhance the effect. Some foods do have their own sensuality, such as soft roes or truffles, because of smell or texture. It seems to me that almost anything can be found to be aphrodisiac, although it is more likely the wine that does the trick!
Apple strudel is made with phyllo pastry stuffed with diced cooking apples, sultanas, brown sugar and chopped nuts and rolled.
Appetisers are generally small savoury snacks, hot or cold, served before going to the table or at the table, or with drinks, as blotting paper, and sometimes free of charge. They are bite-size snacks intended to stimulate the appetite. Depending on where you are, these might include olives, meat balls in sauce, anchovies, cheeses, squid, chorizo, cured ham, mussels, canapés with pâté. There is an endless array of delicious things which may be served as appetisers.
Appetite is the desire for food, created by hunger or temptation in the presence of something delicious. Better than hunger! It is wise in some cultures to be careful how you use this word. Appetite may mean a desire for something other than food.
The apple is the fruit of the most widely cultivated fruit tree in the world, said to have originated in Kazakhstan.
