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: a usually earthenware dish in which foods are cooked and served
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: a mixture of chopped meat, fish, or vegetables cooked and served in a terrine
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The finished products have generated interest for their structure and versatility—one resembling a terrine, the other more like fish strips.
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Daniela De Lorenzo, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
Now, the restaurant’s 9 p.m. tables are filling, and guests drop into the bar at 11:30 for a drink and a quick bite of pork and duck terrine, Dungeness crab Wellington, or one of nine burgers Mar serves each night.
—Caroline Hatchett, Robb Report, 3 May 2024
That evening’s 15-course tasting menu included foie gras with strawberries, local caviar, a terrine poached in mulled wine, and sous-vide eggs.
—Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2024
There were savory egg custards, rabbit terrine with pickled carrots, and lobster and barley.
—Sarah Wood, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2024
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Daniela De Lorenzo, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
Now, the restaurant’s 9 p.m. tables are filling, and guests drop into the bar at 11:30 for a drink and a quick bite of pork and duck terrine, Dungeness crab Wellington, or one of nine burgers Mar serves each night.
—Caroline Hatchett, Robb Report, 3 May 2024
That evening’s 15-course tasting menu included foie gras with strawberries, local caviar, a terrine poached in mulled wine, and sous-vide eggs.
—Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2024
There were savory egg custards, rabbit terrine with pickled carrots, and lobster and barley.
—Sarah Wood, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2024
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“Terrine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terrine. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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