That too-sweet jamlike sauce comes close to ruining a terrific dish.

Served on a delicious sauce with hints of apricot, it was a terrific dish.

The point-counterpoint of hot seafood and cool greens made for a terrific dish.

I had some terrific dishes at Telepan, on the Upper West Side.

The menu offers terrific Venetian dishes like a salad of octopus and chickpeas in black olive sauce.

Herb-crusted rack of lamb, for instance, ought to be a terrific dish.

This modest little trattoria offers some terrific Venetian dishes.

Many dishes sound terrific, and sometimes they turn out that way, though often there are inexplicable misses.

But unlike those restaurants named after fictional characters, there really is a Gabriela, and she makes terrific, authentic Mexican dishes.

Pot roast, perfect in January, is heavy going in summer, but grilled rib-eye steak and baby chicken are both terrific hot-weather dishes.