Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pine-cone.
- noun The edible seed-kernel of several species of pine. See
neozapine and stone-pine, both under pine. See alsonut-pine and piñon.
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Examples
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The most popular appetizer is the papa al pomodoro, a classic Tuscan hearty tomato-bread puree with imported burrata cheese and pine-nut pesto $13.
Rolling in the Dough Christina Kline 2011
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Rossore $200 per 100 ml bottle, cubemarketplace.com , a cold-pressed pine-nut oil from San Rossore, over salads and blends it into pestos or vinaigrettes for fish.
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The airy, Persian-themed museum restaurant hosts a buffet that overflows with Middle Eastern specialties: lamb kebabs, tangy tabouleh, red-pepper hummus, pine-nut chicken and fresh pita bread.
Kuala Lumpur Update Andrew Harper's Hideway Report 2010
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The Modernist: A box of six cream-custard with toasted pine-nut mooncakes costs HK$218 at the Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong (tel: 852-3196-8888); only 1,000 boxes of each are made.
Mooncake Madness 2010
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A couple of years ago I made a fabulous chocolate raspberry pavlova, and lemon sabayon tart with pine-nut/matzo crust delicious filling, ehh on the crust.
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The book's more pretentious fusion innovations include "preserved-lemon guacamole with smoked eel and pine-nut wafers" and "squid stuffed with pork and pistachios."
Gastronomy 2008
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Beet Salad With Caraway Seeds and Walnut Oil David Bouley, celebrated chef and owner of several New York restaurants, prepares a light spring meal of fresh shrimp in pine-nut and garlic dressing.
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I have had the swordfish, the Alsatian thin crust pizza now written about everywhere it seems, the pine-nut crusted halibut, the rosemary baked chicken, the Roman-style baby lamb and the goatfish linguini. each dish was superb, cooked to perfection, flaorful and creative.
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There are times when I can't face focaccia bread and pine-nut salads and caramelized onions.
trinityboy Diary Entry trinityboy 2006
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So was a warm wild-mushroom and chicken-liver salad with baby greens and toasted pistachios in a herbaceous pine-nut vinaigrette.
Casual Style, But Highest Caliber: Blue Hill On Par With City's Best 2005
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