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Drizzle with any remaining oil and serve at once, providing empty bowls for the leaves and finger bowls and napkins.
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Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
One such rule was the use of the individual finger bowl.
—Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2023
First things first: How many out there have ever eaten a meal with a finger bowl present?
—Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2023
Toward the end of dinner, finger bowls were placed on the table.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 11 Sep. 2023
Victoria — possessed of outstanding manners — picked up her own finger bowl and duly drank from it: so that her guest would be none the wiser.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 11 Sep. 2023
Greg Allman came to one dinner with his then wife, Cher, who mistook a finger bowl for a drink and downed it.
—Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
Mind racing and reeling from a recent heartbreak, my experience began with a green-tea towel and a ceramic finger bowl of ginger-lemongrass tea.
—Caitlin Raux Gunther, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Jan. 2023
Big bowls, little bowls, glass bowls, metal bowls, little itty-bitty finger bowls.
—Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2019
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Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
One such rule was the use of the individual finger bowl.
—Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2023
First things first: How many out there have ever eaten a meal with a finger bowl present?
—Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2023
Toward the end of dinner, finger bowls were placed on the table.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 11 Sep. 2023
Victoria — possessed of outstanding manners — picked up her own finger bowl and duly drank from it: so that her guest would be none the wiser.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 11 Sep. 2023
Greg Allman came to one dinner with his then wife, Cher, who mistook a finger bowl for a drink and downed it.
—Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
Mind racing and reeling from a recent heartbreak, my experience began with a green-tea towel and a ceramic finger bowl of ginger-lemongrass tea.
—Caitlin Raux Gunther, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Jan. 2023
Big bowls, little bowls, glass bowls, metal bowls, little itty-bitty finger bowls.
—Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2019
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“Finger bowl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/finger%20bowl. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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