[Fortunately, Hannibal rarely waits for invitations where his cooking is concerned. He doesn't pause to let her comment sink in, simply inclines his head in recognition of that awareness.]

There are dishes across the globe that are treated as delicacies in one region only to be reviled in another. [He gestures to the soup: such as hedgehog. He doesn't just mean strange animals or exotic fruit.]

We never know, until we try. [Until there is a chef good enough to make delicacies of everything.]