Doughnut-like deep-fried bread spirals sprinkled with sugar in Provence and the Mediterranean.

A small round sweet chickpea (US: garbanzo bean) fritter sold by the centimetre.

Peaches poached in red wine.

"Chicory for coffee." For those who like a bitter coffee, chicory root may be used as an additive. In times of hardship it has even been used as a substitute.

Snowflake. A smooth leafed, tall, cabbage-like variety of curly endive (US: chicory) with thin leaves.

"Bitter chicory." Italian chicory, a bitter green salad plant with pretty blue flowers.