How to Use lovage in a Sentence

lovage

noun
  • Williams would add sorrel, lovage and strawberries to the list.
    Washington Post, 17 May 2021
  • Then add the lovage and simmer, covered, for 5-6 minutes.
    Debbi Snook, cleveland.com, 14 Oct. 2017
  • Papa grabbing tukaiyuks, or sea lovage, from the bank and placing the greens straight into his uuraq bowl.
    Laureli Ivanoff, Alaska Dispatch News, 19 June 2017
  • Recent highlights of the eight-course dinner menu: onion confit with miso and farofa; baby lamb with caviar and lovage.
    Jay Cheshes, WSJ, 24 July 2018
  • Next, in keeping with the Pompeian penchant for seafood, was a briny dish of pickled mussels sitting in a lovage froth and seasoned with mussel cream and garum.
    Meara Sharma, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2019
  • Stir the risotto with extra virgin olive oil, parmesan, pepper, and finely chopped lovage.
    Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2020
  • His tasting menu that evening included spring garlic, knotweed, herbs foraged at the beach, lovage, rhubarb and a leafy northern plant called orpin with a slightly bitter flavor.
    Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2017
  • After blanching the chicken, add ginger, angelica root, goji berry, red dates, milkvetch root, lovage root, rice wine, sesame oil, and water.
    Kaila Yu, Glamour, 26 May 2021
  • The menu is always changing, but might include a slab of unctuous caramelized pork belly with black garlic and vermicelli, or savory custard with chunks of spanner crab and flecks of lovage.
    Hanya Yanagihara, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2016
  • This is a deeply fragrant cantaloupe variety, heavenly in a salad with prosciutto and finely sliced lovage leaves.
    Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 12 Apr. 2020
  • Messer then hired Lovage to work off her bill by cleaning the residential spa, serving soup to patients and presenting workshops on the enemas, according to her lawsuit.
    Christine Willmsen, The Seattle Times, 29 May 2017
  • Lovage suffered cyanogenic poisoning, according to the lawsuit.
    Christine Willmsen, The Seattle Times, 29 May 2017
  • The most versatile include parsley, cilantro, mint, basil, dill, tarragon, chives, with less familiar members including chervil, lemon verbena and lovage, among others.
    Martha Holmberg, The Denver Post, 15 July 2019
  • Herbs: Anise, basil, bay laurel, borage, cardamom, chervil, chives, coriander, dill, fennel, garlic, lavender, lemon balm, lovage, mint, nasturtium, oregano, rosemary, sage, sweet marjoram, tarragon, thyme and water cress 6.
    Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Sep. 2020

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