What is a beloved-as-appetizing-food metaphor?

What is a beloved-as-appetizing-food metaphor?

Definition
	A conventional metaphor in which the object of love is represented as food that looks or tastes good, thus highlighting the conceptions of love as a need and the beloved as pleasant.

Examples
	Here are some examples in English:
	Hi, sweetheart. Honey, you look great today! She's the cream in my coffee. Hello, sweetie-pie.

Generic
	A beloved-as-appetizing-food metaphor is a kind of
	What is a metaphor for lovers?

Source
	Kovecses 1986

Context for this page:

Concept module: beloved-as-appetizing-food metaphor
In modular book: Metaphors in English, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H. Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
In bookshelf: Lexicon

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