How to Use chicory in a Sentence

chicory

noun
  • Offer the lady a cup of chicory, said the woman with the duck.
    Mathias Énard, Harper's Magazine, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The 10-course menu will include smoked and braised brisket, greens, chicory salad, and more.
    Samantha Bakall | The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, 1 May 2017
  • For dessert, the restaurant serves beignets and chicory coffee.
    Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 5 Nov. 2020
  • The tonnage that chicory provides allows a small plot to feed more deer than a pure clover plot of the same size.
    Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 18 June 2020
  • For the Plate Clean the asparagus and chicory, then cut the first into rounds and the second into small strips.
    Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2020
  • In a small bowl, toss the remaining chicory with olive oil, add salt and pepper to taste, and place on top of the scallops.
    Daniel Boulud, ELLE Decor, 4 Oct. 2013
  • Made with their unique, signature blend of coffee and ground chicory root, each cup is rich and tasty to the last drop.
    Meg Donohue, townandcountrymag.com, 19 Apr. 2023
  • At Le Coq, those flavors come across in a duck-breast plate that features tamarind puree, kumquat, and chicory.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 June 2024
  • Add half the chicory, season to taste with salt and pepper, and toss until wilted.
    Daniel Boulud, ELLE Decor, 4 Oct. 2013
  • The dark roast chicory blend is used for menu’s classic and coconut cà phê sữa đá (iced coffee).
    Amanda Albee, Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Dressed in vibrant green and brilliant red, chicories are already ready to party.
    Leah Eskin, chicagotribune.com, 19 Dec. 2017
  • One of the essential tastes of the Passover meal is bitter herbs, often in the form of raw horseradish or leaves of chicory.
    Bee Wilson, WSJ, 19 Apr. 2019
  • But are there still reasons to add chicory to your coffee other than taste?
    Adele Jackson-Gibson, Good Housekeeping, 3 Feb. 2020
  • Finely chop | All of the greens in this salad — the romaine, iceberg, chicory and chives — get finely chopped.
    G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2024
  • What to look for: Sharp-eyed visitors will spot lupines, desert chicory and blue dicks mingled among the blaze of orange.
    Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 3 Feb. 2023
  • This set from Cafe Du Monde comes with one 15-ounce can of coffee and chicory, as well as a box of beignet mix, which can make four dozen beignets to eat with the coffee.
    Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Still others like chicory and lablab thrive in dry summer heat while plants like white clover struggle.
    Gerald Almy, Field & Stream, 28 May 2020
  • The brewer has made beer with the same ingredients that are found in pepper spray, maple syrup and roasted chicory in the past.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 13 May 2022
  • Tonight: Good food sources include oats, chicory and pepper.
    BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2020
  • Now, just 25 miles to the southeast, Field and Okamoto grow specialty chicory, greens, and radicchio for some of the city’s finest restaurants.
    Ali Francis, Bon Appetit, 24 Apr. 2017
  • But there are more inventive dishes as well, like mussels in a blue-cheese sauce and duck breast with tamarind puree, kumquat, and chicory.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 28 June 2024
  • Now through April 25, guests can dine on ham hock and foie gras terrine, rib eye with mushrooms and tarragon, chicory salad, and more.
    Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2021
  • There should have been hundreds of people in the square drifting through the familiar scents of the mules, river, chicory and fried sugary dough.
    Leslie Anne Tarabella, al, 23 Mar. 2021
  • Mixing some chicory in with the clover will keep your plots going strong during drought and hot summer days when clover tends to struggle a bit.
    Gerald Almy, Field & Stream, 28 May 2020
  • Or the punchiest, purplest chicory Caesar salad to break up the heftier bites.
    The Healthyish Team, Bon Appétit, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Kitchen basics like mint, thyme and oregano mingled with sassafras, bee balm, hyssop and chicory.
    Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2017
  • Thus, for years the word frisée supplanted the prosaic-sounding chicory on U.S. menus.
    Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2022
  • The notion of putting chicory in coffee came to Louisiana by way of the French, who colonized the area in the 17th century.
    Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 27 July 2023
  • Keep your eye out for purple lupine, white desert chicory, brown-eyed evening primrose and pink monkey flower.
    Lori Basheda, Orange County Register, 16 Mar. 2017
  • On the door there’s an ad for korma date coffee, featuring date seeds and chicory root.
    Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2021

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