viands

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The viands at her table are perfectly served and chosen, though the wines, for which she cares little and which are selected by her butler, are less choice—according to the cigar-smoking gentlemen.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 23, 1929

It follows that the bishop does not favor rich viands, even for an occasional guest.

From Time Magazine Archive

He loves nothing quite so much as supping in state at a Cardinal's Palace with twinkling candles on the table and viands of the best.

From Time Magazine Archive

I lit the candles only to test the food, which I prepared myself, by thrusting a silver knife into the viands.

From Time Magazine Archive

He crammed his rooms full of these viands.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig