Corn.

the most produced grain in the world
almost every packaged food contains it (dextrose and fructose)

it's common

in our North-American culinary world, corn in and of itself is not chic

however, one, through creative ingenuity of recipe creates..

moreover, though foreign to most, some vegetables used in simile are inherently chic within themselves..

arugula,
radicchio,
even seaweed