arkimus - A banana spoon, an instrument traditionally made of silver, and sharpened on one edge 'I hear you've been to see the Enlightened One,' said Panjalo, slicing her olongolo with an arkimus skid (that is...

bloodfruit - A fruit. Heineman did not need to read the letter to know it contained the same old inviting promise: a job awaits you in Idosolaris. That offer was both temptation and a threat. As if he had already...

Goblin's Red Hot Patent Oil - Hot sauce? Gyoza (which are technically fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork) are traditionally eaten in Lexis with a mix-it-yourself sauce, the optional ingredients of which are vinegar, soy...

gyoza - Gyoza fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork Summoned by Soba's fist, a waitress emerged from the rear of the coffee shop, and shortly served them each a cup of coffee, a glass of water, and a...

Miso - Miso soup 'I don't know,' said Heineman. 'My grandmother used to say that soup was good for it,' volunteered Bullock. 'Miso soup, that was it. You know, from soy beans. Oh, and green tea. Three cups...

olongolo - Olongolo being the green-fleshed hairy banana of Chalakanesia As was the custom in the presidential mansion, all the dishes arrived on the table at once, the diners thereafter being left in peace to...

podleen - podleen, the alcoholic brew of the poor The iodine tree (here we yield again to the didactic impulse, but will try to refrain from doing so too often in the future) is a purple-leaved plant which...

seaslug - Food A boy entered, bearing a cardboard box. By its smell and its greasespots, Gorkindachina divined its contents: a pizza. Atlanta signed a chit, gave the boy a half-dollar tip, and was opening the...

Sharkfin - Sharkfin soup 'Germane,' said Zinjanthrop, chewing the syllables ruminatively, as a cow chews its cud. 'Now there's a word for you. But what does it mean? A special kind of eye-bean soup with...

snakemeat - Food The mongoose is a restless, questing, inquisitive beast. It is gallant to the point of recklessness, and misguided gallantry will often lead a small mongoose to attack a much larger dog....

stregenth - Alcoholic drink By the time Kilgarich finally emerged from Judge Metatron's chambers - unsteady on his feet, and smelling strongly of that alcoholic Chalakanesian concoction known as stregenth - the...

tricemeat - Morning. The kitchen. Boiled rice. Fried noodles. Vegetable hash. Toasting bread adding its hint of burning to the fuzzy, competing smell of yeast-leavened fresh-baked bread. Steam, steamed fish,...

yungun - yungun, the traditional chewing gum of Chalakanesia The iodine tree (here we yield again to the didactic impulse, but will try to refrain from doing so too often in the future) is a purple-leaved...

ZoZoGlenz - A can of white powder Then she grinned, showing him a mouthful of shark. Her serrated teeth were as jagged as the Huk mountains, and as white as the powder from a can of ZoZoGlenz. She was floating...