aigre

Sure, you know the French word "le vinaigre" (vin + aigre = wine + sour -- or "sour wine"), an ingredient we usually include in salad dressing, but do you know this delightful expression: "faire vinaigre"?

vinaigre - French Word-A-Day 2008

Sure, you know the French word "le vinaigre" (vin + aigre = wine + sour -- or "sour wine"), an ingredient we usually include in salad dressing, but do you know this delightful expression: "faire vinaigre"?

French Word-A-Day: 2008

Its name comes from the French, vin aigre, which means sour wine.

The City Cook Kate McDonough 2010

Sure, you know the French word "le vinaigre" (vin + aigre = wine + sour -- or "sour wine"), an ingredient we usually include in salad dressing, but do you know this delightful expression: "faire vinaigre"?

French Word-A-Day: 2008

For a more substantial appetizer, we tried the duck sausage pierogi with aigre-doux

Farm-Fresh Gastronomy 2009

Sure, you know the French word "le vinaigre" vin + aigre = wine + sour--or "sour wine", an ingredient we usually include in salad dressing, but do you know this delightful expression: "faire vinaigre"?

French Word-A-Day: 2008

Both the English word vinegar and the Spanish vinagre derive from the French vin, meaning wine, and aigre, meaning sour.

Preserving The Fall Harvest: Mexican Pickles And Vinaigrettes 2006

"Her aigre-doux have opened a whole new category," Vie said, referring to Ferber's sweet and savory products like blueberry preserves with read onions in Xeres vinegar.

Flora Lazar: The Queen of Confitures 2008

Both the English word vinegar and the Spanish vinagre derive from the French vin, meaning wine, and aigre, meaning sour.

Preserving The Fall Harvest: Mexican Pickles And Vinaigrettes 2006

There is something so sharp and aigre in the demand of a peremptory dun, that no human tympanum, however inaccessible to other tones, can resist the application.

The Fortunes of Nigel 2004