Cook adores pig feet — a delicacy (4,2,4,4)

I believe the answer is:

pate de foie gras

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'delicacy' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'cook adores pig feet a' is the wordplay.
'cook' indicates anagramming the letters.
'adores'+'pig'+'feet'+'a'='adorespigfeeta'
'adorespigfeeta' with letters rearranged gives 'PATE DE FOIE GRAS'.

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(Other definitions for pate de foie gras that I've seen before include "Goose liver product" , "Savoury food" , "Goose liver paste" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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