How to Use baba ghanoush in a Sentence

baba ghanoush

noun
  • The baba ghanoush with the vegetarian kibbeh is smoked in the oven.
    Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 22 July 2019
  • Eggplants are charred on the grill and torn apart by hand, adding up to a potently smoky baba ghanoush.
    Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Cups of hummus and baba ghanoush ($3.49 each) were pleasant add-ons.
    Anna Caplan, star-telegram, 22 Mar. 2018
  • The Greek version is lighter and a bit chunkier; baba ghanoush is made creamy with tahini.
    Beth Dooley, Star Tribune, 29 July 2020
  • There’s the requisite hummus and baba ghanoush, tabbouleh, grape leaves and the like.
    Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press, 31 May 2018
  • Most minds turn to baba ghanoush when eggplant dip is mentioned.
    Alex Delany, Bon Appétit, 10 July 2019
  • Many have tried eggplant in baba ghanoush, but the Mediterranean region isn’t the only part of the world with a distinctive spread made of the stuff.
    Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Those flavors come through in a section of the menu devoted to sauces and dips (think baba ghanoush and chicken liver pâté).
    Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 17 Sep. 2020
  • The Times pointed to the Turkish-style baba ghanoush, made with eggplant, peppers, and tomato, and the muhammara dip, made with red pepper and walnut purée, as two standouts.
    BostonGlobe.com, 14 Oct. 2021
  • The menu is built on favorites like smoky eggplant baba ghanoush and grape leaves stuffed with ground lamb or a vegetarian filling.
    Beth D'addono, NOLA.com, 9 Nov. 2020
  • There was mushroom and tarragon soup for starters, but also the Turkish eggplant dish imam bayildi served with baba ghanoush and fresh goat’s curd.
    Christine Muhlke, Bon Appetit, 22 June 2017
  • The mezze platter includes hummus, baba ghanoush, falafel, stuffed grape leaves, kibbeh, tabbouleh, labneh and pita bread.
    Will Coviello, NOLA.com, 12 Oct. 2020
  • Hermiz Younan, Elias’ father, quit his corporate job in the ’90s and opened a small deli in the back of a liquor store, serving bites like baba ghanoush, hummus and spinach pies — all his or his wife Helene’s recipes.
    Grace Wong, chicagotribune.com, 28 Mar. 2018
  • The buffet offers more than 20 hot plates of food from Palestine, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan — including whole lamb, lentil soup, tabbouleh and baba ghanoush.
    Savannah Eadens, The Courier-Journal, 26 June 2019
  • The buffet offered more than 20 hot plates of food from Palestine, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan — including whole lamb, lentil soup, tabbouleh and baba ghanoush.
    The Courier-Journal, 10 Jan. 2023
  • For starters, try the vegetarian grape leaves and share the appetizer sampler, a plate full of homemade baba ghanoush, warm lentils, tangy tabbouleh, and smooth hummus.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Jan. 2021
  • Popular items on the menu include the hummus and pita bread platters, baba ghanoush, chicken shawarma and mixed kebab platters.
    Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 24 Sep. 2019
  • Try going during off hours if crowds aren't your thing, but the customers are a nice community of people who just all happen to have that same hankering for baba ghanoush and taramasalata.
    Bon Appetit, 25 June 2018
  • The warm, pillowy pita is perfect, especially for swiping through baba ghanoush and the hummus, a generous whorl finished with olive oil, za’atar, and parsley.
    Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 15 July 2022
  • There's also one from Dean's Mediterranean, with cubes of Greek feta and several of their delicious homemade snacks, including baba ghanoush, two stuffed grape leaves and pita chips.
    Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 6 Oct. 2017
  • Take your cafeteria tray to a table underneath the neon lights spelling out the name, and dig into a Mixed Combination, a heaping Styrofoam plate of rice, hummus and baba ghanoush snug against falafel and chicken.
    chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2018
  • That said, many locals do drop in just for the standard appetizer, a meze platter of homemade falafel, baba ghanoush, fava beans, fried chicory, apple, cucumber, hummus—whatever’s on hand.
    David Kortava, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2019
  • The menu was created by veteran Lebanese chef Fouad Choker, who is making everything from scratch, including the pita bread, hummus, baba ghanoush, tzatziki sauce and shawarma rotisserie meats.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2022
  • Parents who want to inflict vegetables on their children won't regret the leftover broccolini the little monsters leave behind; it's dressed with feta cheese, and conceals an understory of baba ghanoush.
    Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Ramekins hold Middle Eastern labneh (think yogurt) with za’atar and chickpeas, there’s an eggplant spread something like baba ghanoush, mashed avocado, tuna salad, feta, side salad, Greek yogurt with granola, jam, and a very good multigrain roll.
    Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2018
  • First came cold salads and dips—hummus, baba ghanoush, pickled cauliflower and carrots and olives, tabbouleh that consisted almost entirely of parsley, spicy red mahoumarra.
    Saki Knafo, Smithsonian, 5 May 2017
  • Appetizers include baba ghanoush, labneh, falafel, cauliflower and fatoush.
    Susan Dunne, courant.com, 11 Feb. 2022

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