A single grain of paradise added a warm, peppery note to the stew.

Many of the old empires were built on fools' paradises that collapsed when reality intervened.

The male paradisefish flared its fins and guarded the nest until the fry hatched.

At dawn, the paradisefishes displayed their shimmering colors beneath the lily pads.

We stumbled upon a paradisean garden hidden behind the old monastery, where citrus trees and hummingbirds made every hour feel like a blessing.