nonpareil
[ non-puh-REHL ]
1. A tiny colored-sugar pellet used to decorate cakes, cupcakes, cookies, candy, etc. 2. A confection consisting of a small chocolate disc covered with these colored candy pellets. 3. A French term meaning "without equal," most often used in reference to small pickled
CAPERS from the region of Provence in France.
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COMPANION, 2nd edition, by Sharon Tyler Herbst.