Baklava

The Word: Baklava

Part of Speech: noun

Definition: A Near Eastern pastry made of many layers of paper-thin dough with a filling of ground nuts, baked and then drenched in a syrup of honey and sometimes rosewater.
The Source Sentence: In Berkeley, and only in Berkeley, my name drew people like flies to baklava.(64)

Context Clue: I used logical because I already no that flies are attached to sweet things therefore, the people are attached her as if she were something sweet.

Original Sentence: The smell of sweet syrup filled the house as mama made fresh baklava.