piece_de_resistance has definitions from the field of food
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[ noun ] the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection

Used in print

(Musical America, LXXXI:5...)

A tongue-in-cheek stylization of 18_th Century ideas ; a trial_balloon to test the aesthetic climate of the times ; a brilliant piece_de_resistance ?

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curio rariora

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[ noun ] (food) the most important dish of a meal

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dish

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