flambé

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  1. In ceramics, having a changeable or iridescent luster, as certain porcelains, due to the heat of the furnace. The comparison of these flambé vases with onyx or precious stones is all to the advantage of the brilliant porcelain. Harper's Mag., LXXVII. 658.

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  • "In fact, he is the chef who trained me to do tableside preparation and flambé desserts," said Freyre, who started working at the hotel in 1978, then left to work elsewhere before returning in 1986 to be maitre d 'of the Penrose Room. —  Gazette.com :
  • And that's precisely what happened last week when Craig left to rehearse a friend's screenplay reading (a reading that actually features one of my READERS who introduced herself to Craig at the rehearsal; hi Meg!) and I decided to make bananas flambé. —  The Amateur Gourmet
  • So instead of going that far, I decided just to extract the recipe for bananas flambé from the larger recipe schema to serve with yogurt and maybe some granola (remember, I'm on a health kick!). —  The Amateur Gourmet
  • I won't give proportions here because my first attempt at bananas flambé didn't turn out too well. —  The Amateur Gourmet
  • Sometimes, I don't think I will rest my remote until the women from "Real Housewives of Orange County" are cast in a Broadway musical based on "The Bachelor: Paris," until the presidential cabinet is made up of rejects from "Rock of Love," until I see Gordon Ramsay literally kill a contestant, flambé him, and drizzle the whole hot mess with truffle oil. —  Salon
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  1. French, past participle of flamber, flame, singe: see flame, v.
 

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