oozy

A horrific stench drifts from the steaming mountain at the start of the sorting line — think of an oozy soup of dirt, rotten eggs and mold of all kinds.

Evaluating it as just indulgent regular food, the Latona Pub crunch wrap is a resounding success, the medley of flavors and textures working in concert, with the hot, oozy, salty cheese playing especially well off the tang of the pickled-onion topping and the onion of the pico.

The lack of pain in leishmaniasis lesions has puzzled scientists for years, especially when similar blisters caused by conditions like chicken pox, staphylococcus infections or the herpes virus are itchy, oozy and sore.

And of course, oozy, gooey, and melted is cheese in its highest form.

From my perch these past few weeks in quaint yet cosmopolitan Basel, I've enjoyed the best of three countries, cultures and cuisines at once — sampling real Black Forest ham in Heidelberg, oozy raclette and deep, dark chocolate truffles in Zurich, pink praline pastries in Lyon.