amuse-bouche

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Then came a formal amuse-bouche: a bite of herring and potato decorated with minced vegetables.

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  • I just imagine a week at home being a neurotic seven days of fretting over chores that aren't going to do themselves and a dog that isn't going to walk himself -- or make me frozen blender drinks and whip up a tasty assortment of amuse-bouche, for that matter. —  Baltimore City Paper
  • Hit: Everything, from an amuse-bouche of potato salad with lobster and octopus to a rhubarb and pineapple upside-down cake.
  • An amuse-bouche of a plump zucchini raviolo was packed with so much flavor that a plate of four or five would have made for a spectacularly satisfying dinner.
  • These little jewels are served in two of its one-bite sakizuke, the Japanese equivalent of the amuse-bouche: the Kobe beef tartare and the oyster shooter.
  • Minutes later, I'm back on the street, filled with mackerel, turbot, two freebie bacon-and-onion brioches, a glass of riesling, a gratuitous amuse-bouche of brie feuille with foie gras, espresso and a single Earl Grey petit four. —  The Guardian World News
 

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