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  • adjective Chopped fine and served raw.

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French tartare.

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Examples

  • But walk those extra blocks and through the sterile lobby of the Alexandria Centre and you will find yourself picking among bar snacks that include salt cod croquettes ($8), a raw bar with steak and sea urchin tartare ($14) and charcuterie such as the famed Spanish Iberico Pata Negra ($11).

    'Top Chef' Judge Enters Kips Bay 2010

  • I order either steak or tuna tartare, which is the best in Italy.

    Lunch, Italian Style 2011

  • When I complain D. points out that she cannot eat pink meat and I can eat well done meat, when I point out that she could eat from the outside of the roast, leaving me the pink inside, her reply is that the meat isn't cooked properly, then I add that she can eat steak tartare, which is completely raw, she adds that doesn't count.

    Archive 2006-01-01 2006

  • When I complain D. points out that she cannot eat pink meat and I can eat well done meat, when I point out that she could eat from the outside of the roast, leaving me the pink inside, her reply is that the meat isn't cooked properly, then I add that she can eat steak tartare, which is completely raw, she adds that doesn't count.

    At My Table 2006

  • The tartare is another example of the way a classic French bistro dish has been adapted to new-age cuisine.

    Daily News & Analysis 2010

  • My initial patriotic instinct was to order the U.S. beef and ask for it "tartare," just for spite.

    Archive 2003-02-01 2003

  • Brooklyn chef Lukas Volger honors chickpea-spinach burgers, tofu-chard burgers, beet "tartare" burgers,

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed AlterNet Anneli Rufus 2010

  • Brooklyn chef Lukas Volger honors chickpea-spinach burgers, tofu-chard burgers, beet "tartare" burgers,

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed AlterNet Anneli Rufus 2010

  • Delights included a kind of caviar martini: oyster "tartare" at the bottom, black jelly of oyster next, haricot cream and a garnish of caviar and gold leaf on top.

    New York Sun - All Articles 2009

  • Delights included a kind of caviar martini: oyster "tartare" at the bottom, black jelly of oyster next, haricot cream and a garnish of caviar and gold leaf on top.

    New York Sun - All Articles 2009

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