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[glorios]

1)there's also crispy cucumber roll kimchi.
It may be more applealing internationally,
as it can be eaten like (a canape) ( canapes)

I think 'canapes' would be more correct in the sentence above instead.

Are both applicable to the sentence ?

2) Icy highways are dangerous.
The icy highways are dangerous.

what might be the difference in meaning?

3) My questions is :

In television news reporting ,
Is it possible to put a defenite article 'the' in front of a first appearing
countable noun, provided that tv reporting at the same time shows
the very image of the mentioned noun.

AS in " there's the onion kimchi that looks like a flower"

You don't have to think about third question , relating the example given

[pugachevV]

There is (singular) also crispy cucumber kimchi. It (singular) may be more appealing internationally as it can be eaten like a canape. It is singular so canape needs to be singular too.

If you've got one kimchi you need one canape.

Icy highways are dangerous... General statement about icy highways.
The icy highways are dangerous. Statement about specific highways (the icy ones),

I think at first sight of an onion kimchi that looks like a flower, you should say, "an onion kimchi".
If, however, you've been discussing an onion kimchi that looks like a flower before you show the visual of it, you can say something like "...and here is the onion kimchi that looks like a flower.."