______________ when it comes to Italian food especially, Gideon ate a pound of rigatoni, seven meatballs, one whole sausage, and two servings of tricolor salad at his midday meal.

To make the baby back pork ribs more ______________, Gail basted them in a mixture of finger-lickin' barbecue sauce, ketchup, and Jamaican spices, then topped them with a homemade pineapple-peach salsa.

To become a premier chef, one must not only have ________________ skill but also a visual aesthetic, coupled with gastronomic creativity.

Since Hannah knew she would indulge in her favorite chocolate mousse birthday cake over the weekend, this figure-conscious birthday girl remained rather ____________ throughout the week.

Voracious Victor just picked at mealtimes.

Reading and writing are alimentary subjects for any first-grade student.

The gluttonous guest ate the entire loaf of fresh-baked bread herself.

Surviving on celery sticks and rice cakes, Emma became increasingly emaciated.

The savory aroma attracted passerby to the new Town Bakery.