Savoury

(adj) /ˈseɪvəri/

Meaning

(of food) belonging to the category that is salty or spicy rather than sweet.

UK ˈseɪvəri

US ˈseɪvəri

Google is celebrating the savoury and satisfying Vietnamese street-food sandwich known as [bánh] mì, with a doodle showing all [it's] delicious preparation in motion.
In the doodle, a traditional [bánh] mì is put together, consisting of a baguette-like bread packed with meat, vegetables and herbs alongside a spread of mayonnaise or margarine and savoury soy sauce, topped fiery with chilli sauce or peppers.
Romans ate sweet and savoury dishes called [Alita dolcia] that were made from milk, flour, eggs and spices and were very similar to pancakes.
Preservation, however, was never the only reward: fermentation manufactures glutamates and free amino acids - in short, umami, the savoury depth that makes fish sauce indispensable in Southeast Asian kitchens.

Why Some Cuisines Rely Heavily on FermentationLong before anyone owned a refrigerator, cooks discovered that the surest way to save food from rotting was to let it rot on purpose, carefully. That paradox explains why fermentation sits at the hear...Read story

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