gaminess

To me, gaminess translates to actually tasting the wild and fragrant landscape.

The dot-com entrepreneurs may be moving in, but the neighborhood retains its gaminess.

It is earthy but not strong, closer to lamb than beef on the gaminess scale.

I expected more of the same gaminess.

Will it be possible for the virtuosos who write political novels to top the gaminess and authenticity of the Starr report?

But it really shines on lamb, whose mild gaminess adds yet another bold flavor to the mix.

But most Americans are used to a delicate blandness rather than the slight gaminess that connoisseurs desire.

Firm wild rice and a tumble of soft mushrooms went perfectly with quail, enhancing its delicate but decided gaminess.

Its delicious gaminess was countered by chunks of grapefruit and a shot of balsamic vinegar.

The social bluster and gaminess that was so much of what I had seen on our quasi-date during the hailstorm was absent.

It is also referred to as "bawdiness", "gaminess" or "bawdry".

Sweetness from plum and honey-soy sauce enhanced beautifully the gaminess of duck, although the meat was barely warm.

Fragrant, fruity chanterelles nicely matched the meat's mild gaminess in this outstanding dish.

As such, they're generally a safer bet when it comes to flavour, although lack a little of the desirable gaminess that is characteristic of teal.

Miraculously, the dish worked, the sweet and acidic elements cutting the smokiness and any gaminess of the springbok.

Sweet and tart notes, in onion marmalade and molasses, complemented the subtle gaminess of duck, juicy as you could want.

The flavors meld, the sweetness marrying the slight gaminess of the tender bird, to create a memorable dish that raises the bar for duck.

The one real fusion dish, rack of lamb, had an agreeable gaminess that stood up well to a green-curry sauce redolent of basil.

The food certainly wasn't light, but the meats were perfectly cooked and tender in their juices, with none of the gaminess we expected from such a wild menu.

Braised shank of Kobe beef might have been ordinary pot roast; the subtle gaminess of the expensive meat was undetectable.

Although he cannot legally prepare hunted venison in the restaurant kitchen (no commercial establishment can), he will discuss how to combat the gaminess of wild venison.

The edges of breast of chicken were dry; filet mignon arrived seriously overdone, and venison lacked its customary gaminess.

The slight gaminess of venison is emphasized by the sweet-and-sour contrast of brussels sprouts and a parsnip and white-bean puree.

Duck breast was equally terrific, its gaminess nicely offset by baby brussels sprouts, pancetta and pillowy spaetzle.

And he pairs cold slices of roast lamb with braised artichokes so that the gaminess of the meat is enhanced by the resonance of the artichokes.