How to Use foie gras in a Sentence

foie gras

noun
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  • The menu offers a caramelized lobe of foie gras for $15 more.
    — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 8 July 2021
  • Kobe-beef tartare comes with crème fraîche, a quail egg, and foie gras.
    — Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Three farms in the Catskills are the city’s primary providers of foie gras.
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 1 Nov. 2019
  • The restaurant is on a cozy corner of the West Village and has foie gras on the menu.
    — New York Times, 27 Dec. 2021
  • There are hors d'oeuvres of steak tartare, foie gras and country pate.
    — Sue Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec. 2021
  • The yeses: Caviar, foie gras and chocolate, all of which the Chemels are generous with.
    — Jonathan Kauffman, SFChronicle.com, 22 June 2018
  • This means pricing can be more on par with farmed foie gras.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 July 2021
  • The meal included foie gras, caviar and a whole roast fish to name a few dishes.
    — Tirion Morris, azcentral, 4 Nov. 2019
  • In France, farmers feared the virus would invade the duck-raising southwest, the home of foie gras.
    — Maryn McKenna, Wired, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Don’t miss the chicken with foie gras and Château Chalon with morels and asparagus.
    — Jay McInerney, Town & Country, 18 June 2023
  • The foie gras will be on plantain brioche and slathered with soursop compote.
    — Alyson Sheppard, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2021
  • What makes foie gras so contentious is the method of preparation.
    — Tavleen Tarrant, CNN, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Moulard is a crossbreed of Pekin and Muscovy, often used for foie gras.
    — Kathleen Squires, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Think pate en croute, foie gras torchon and oysters, but with the Claudia twist.
    — Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com, 29 June 2021
  • That means French wines, cheeses, and foie gras can be found when exploring the beaches, towns and coastline of the north.
    — Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021
  • There is also a buffet of foie gras, boar’s head, venison, and salmon trout.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Swiftlet nests have been compared to caviar, petit fours, foie gras and even scones.
    — 1843, 22 Nov. 2019
  • The French have low rates of heart disease despite all the butter, cream, foie gras, etc. in the Gallic diet.
    — Joel Achenbach, The Seattle Times, 6 Aug. 2018
  • Bring on the escargots, foie gras, sashimi and sushi, oysters and caviar!
    — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
  • And for dessert, a savory-sweet tart with foie gras and apple jam, covered in darling slices of kumquat.
    — Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Less wonderful: the very, very rare squab breast sealed with a lobe of foie gras inside a pastry crust.
    — Pete Wells, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The winner of this challenge is Gabriel, who made seared foie gras with fried chanterelles and oyster mushrooms.
    — Vulture, 14 May 2021
  • Menu highlights include hors d'oeuvres of steak tartare, foie gras, and country pate.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 20 Jan. 2022
  • Small plates include a smoked beef short rib, roasted bone marrow, foie gras and beef tartare.
    — Bud Kennedy, star-telegram, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Wiking says that cake is hyggeligt, hot chocolate, too, but carrot sticks and foie gras—not so much.
    — Anne Roderique-Jones, SELF, 25 Dec. 2018
  • One of the 12 courses is always a helping of foie gras served with one of her croissants — an over-the-top fat-on-fat combo.
    — Dallas News, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Under the law, lobsters would no longer be boiled alive, and foie gras would be banned entirely.
    — Lara Prendergast, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021
  • The breast was served in striking wedges, each with strata of crispy skin, luscious fat, and tender meat, as rich and gamy as foie gras.
    — Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 7 June 2018
  • But the true gem here was a flaky tart shell layered with pumpkin (now squash) and topped with a sublimely creamy foie gras mousse.
    — Craig Laban, Philly.com, 9 Dec. 2017
  • Witness the smooth and delicate foie gras parfait, served in little tufts and flattered with singed orange segments.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024

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