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These already include local favorite Blackhorse Workshop, a studio where anyone can make anything, from sculptures to furniture—plus a café where the Welsh rarebit comes highly recommended.
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Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Jan. 2024
This is because ‘riffraff rugby fans, having belted out Delilah at a game, and who probably drink pints of lukewarm beer with their rarebits,’ are not reciting Captain Fluellen’s lines ‘upon St. Davy’s Day’ from Henry IV, Part 1.
—Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2023
Add additional cheese sauce to the burger (if desired) and then top with the remaining half of the welsh rarebit.
—Rebecca White, Dallas News, 21 Nov. 2020
Though rarebit may have once been rabbit, linguistically—there’s evidence that the British standard was originally named after the animal, for reasons unclear—there’s nothing leporine about the dish.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2022
Guests including TyLynn Nguyen, Tamu McPherson, Sarah Harris, Rajni Jacques, Alex Carl, and Sai de Silva dined on welsh rarebit and gin and tonics while the conversation flowed over more cocktails and dessert.
—Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2022
Chili powders were used in early versions of Tex-Mex queso, including Mexican rarebit, a spicy take on Welsh rarebit.
—Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2019
The outdoor space inspired a new pub and patio menu featuring lighter fare, like a beet and veggie burger, smoked salmon salad, and sandwich versions of classics like the Scotch rarebit and prime rib.
—Heather Platt, Los Angeles Magazine, 9 May 2018
Like its cheesier cousin, the Welsh rabbit (better known as rarebit), its name is fanciful.
—Smithsonian, 4 Nov. 2017
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Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Jan. 2024
This is because ‘riffraff rugby fans, having belted out Delilah at a game, and who probably drink pints of lukewarm beer with their rarebits,’ are not reciting Captain Fluellen’s lines ‘upon St. Davy’s Day’ from Henry IV, Part 1.
—Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2023
Add additional cheese sauce to the burger (if desired) and then top with the remaining half of the welsh rarebit.
—Rebecca White, Dallas News, 21 Nov. 2020
Though rarebit may have once been rabbit, linguistically—there’s evidence that the British standard was originally named after the animal, for reasons unclear—there’s nothing leporine about the dish.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2022
Guests including TyLynn Nguyen, Tamu McPherson, Sarah Harris, Rajni Jacques, Alex Carl, and Sai de Silva dined on welsh rarebit and gin and tonics while the conversation flowed over more cocktails and dessert.
—Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2022
Chili powders were used in early versions of Tex-Mex queso, including Mexican rarebit, a spicy take on Welsh rarebit.
—Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2019
The outdoor space inspired a new pub and patio menu featuring lighter fare, like a beet and veggie burger, smoked salmon salad, and sandwich versions of classics like the Scotch rarebit and prime rib.
—Heather Platt, Los Angeles Magazine, 9 May 2018
Like its cheesier cousin, the Welsh rabbit (better known as rarebit), its name is fanciful.
—Smithsonian, 4 Nov. 2017
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“Rarebit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rarebit. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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rarebit
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rare·bit
ˈra(ə)r-bət 
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