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AL DENTE: Description for the doneness of pasta cooked until tender but firm to the bite.

ACKEE: a red-skinned, pear-shaped fruit originally from Africa but now grown widely in the West Indies. Fresh ackee is almost impossible to obtain outside the Caribbean, but tinned ackee can be found in specialist food shops and some supermarkets. The tinned variety has soft, fragile yellow flesh.

ALLSPICE: also known as pimento or Jamaican pepper; available whole or ground. Tastes like a blend of cinnamon, clove and nutmeg.

ANGOSTURA AROMATIC BITTERS: Angostura is a brand name for a type of bitters. It is based on rum, infused with bitter aromatic bark, herbs and spices.

ANISEED: also called anise; the licorice-flavoured seeds of the anise plant.