Viand By Deane Barker • September 8, 2021 • Definition: an item of food; especially a choice or tasty dish Why I Looked It Up A villain in a Buck Rogers episode boasted: I can provide you with every concubine and viand you wish! Postscript Added on April 29, 2023 From an H.P. Lovecraft short story: They ate uncooked marine life under the sea, but cooked their viands on land.