mouth-watering

[ mouth-waw-ter-ing, -wot-er- ]

/ ˈmaʊθˌwɔ tər ɪŋ, -ˌwɒt ər- /

very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.

Origin of mouth-watering

First recorded in 1815–25

Along with descriptions of mouth-watering meals are eye-watering depictions of violence.

The Foodie Detective: The Pepe Carvalho Novels by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán |Malcolm Forbes |October 3, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Colorful tints, eye-catching graphics and mouth-watering images combined and voila, the menu was born!

Vintage American Menus |David Lincoln Ross |September 10, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
He talks to Isabel Wilkinson about their mouth-watering collaboration—and what's next.

Artist Will Cotton Talks Katy Perry |Isabel Wilkinson |February 6, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
From a purely visual perspective, Cotton's art is mouth-watering.

Will Cotton's Candy-Coated Dreams |Ana Finel Honigman |November 5, 2009 |DAILY BEAST

Mouth-watering Indian food can be made at home in less time than it takes to get it delivered.

What to Eat: Indian Dinner |Cookstr.com |October 27, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
There was a cheerful, mouth-watering smell of cookery on the air, a garlicky smell, with now and then a whiff of spicy wood smoke.

A Yankee in the Trenches |R. Derby Holmes
Keekie Joe gazed upon this scene of mouth-watering ruin with eyes spellbound.

Pee-Wee Harris Adrift |Percy Keese Fitzhugh
Then followed a list of mouth-watering delicacies, the very names of which we had almost forgotten.

Trenching at Gallipoli |John Gallishaw
It was a superb and mouth-watering close-up, to use the film phrase.

Pee-Wee Harris Adrift |Percy Keese Fitzhugh