| A simple, fairly healthy, fairly nutritious meal combining the smooth mild flavour of chicken rice with the piquancy of the Thai beef salad. |
| It has a streak of nut and lime piquancy and a touch of crispness at the finish. |
| How Grace helps Bernice to deal with family tragedy gives this narrative emotional heft and piquancy. |
| Five splashes of Tabasco were added to each person's plate, increasing the piquancy of the already spicy chili. |
| The piquancy of such jokes lay in the suspicion that at some time and place, inevitably, the funny event would have happened in reality. |
| The salsa, which I expected to give the rest of the ingredients a spicy kick up the backside, had no piquancy whatsoever. |
