How to Use escargot in a Sentence

escargot

noun
  • Bring on the escargots, foie gras, sashimi and sushi, oysters and caviar!
    Emily Heil, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Hence a carrot grain bowl parked amid the escargots, steak frites and tuna nicoise.
    Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2020
  • Fletcher closes the video by panning to five escargot on the plate.
    Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com, 7 June 2022
  • The airport’s Wi-Fi gives you an advance taste of escargots.
    The Economist, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Stop by Edwins for a salade niçoise, escargots, frog legs, and plenty of fromage, of course.
    Alex Schechter, Travel + Leisure, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Expect all of the service pieces Tronche has always wanted, from cheese carts all the way down to new escargot spoons.
    Celestina Blok, star-telegram, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Think French onion soup and escargot bathed in garlic butter.
    Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Milton Inn isn’t the only place to nibble escargot these days.
    Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 5 Nov. 2021
  • The escargot were lukewarm and limp despite the promise that the snails were roasted in a bath of walnut-garlic butter.
    Lindsey McClave, The Courier-Journal, 27 Nov. 2019
  • Dine alfresco in the quiet back courtyard on escargots, French onion soup, and moules frites.
    Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2017
  • In the video, the couple is dining al fresco as Rodgers de-shells his escargot with special utensils.
    Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com, 7 June 2022
  • His masterpiece is called the escargot, a swirl of savory brioche dough with olive oil between its many warm and flaky layers.
    Pete Wells, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2018
  • Start with a rich bowl of French onion soup, the escargot and mussel tartine or the roasted oysters with pancetta, panko, fennel pollen and chive fondue.
    BostonGlobe.com, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Clean, garlicky escargots wear a half-moon top hat of buttery puff pastry.
    Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, 31 Aug. 2017
  • The menu is based on a classic brasserie, with escargot, braised artichokes with white wine butter sauce and raw bar available.
    Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 29 Mar. 2018
  • No, not butter made from snails, but rather, the emerald-green garlic butter used for escargots.
    David Tanis, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2020
  • There was the escargot and wine at brasserie Chez Jules, with its perfect people-watching spot adjacent to the Frontenac.
    Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Plump escargot are so full of herbs that to make a meal of them with one of the electric salads like green beans with artichokes, a crusty baguette and a glass of white Burgundy would suit me fine.
    Victoria Pesce Elliott, miamiherald, 10 July 2017
  • When last in town, Lady Gaga dined on martinis and escargot at this French cafe/beer garden.
    John Ortved, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2018
  • As the name suggests, the surf-and-turf restaurant offers a variety of seafood from oysters to Maine lobster escargot.
    Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, azcentral, 4 Feb. 2020
  • Lobster tail, foie gras, escargot, all the superstars are here.
    Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2017
  • The two later headed to a nearby French bistro where the reality star enjoyed a meal of escargot.
    Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Other highlights from the new menu include a veal osso bucco in escargot sauce and duck liver pate on toast.
    Sarah Tan, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2017
  • Favorite French dishes include escargots in a puff pastry with a Port wine sauce, and the L’assiette Gourmande, a sampling of five meat entrees.
    Danny Sanchez, OrlandoSentinel.com, 4 Oct. 2017
  • The requisite escargot did not taste fishy or rubbery - a nice buttery light nosh with garlic.
    Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Frog legs, offal and escargot at fine dining establishments are prepared by some of the world’s top chefs.
    Nick Rahaim, SFChronicle.com, 20 Feb. 2020
  • The French restaurant serves escargots, croque monsieur and lobster crepes during breakfast and lunch, and boeuf Bourguignon, moules frites and poulet roti for dinner.
    Hadley Tomicki, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2019
  • The food is classic and expertly prepared: escargots, cassoulet, ratatouille en croute… the French are masters of fine cooking and the art of romance.
    Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Also featured on the menu will be Northwest crab rolls, which are served hot or cold; classic escargot; a crab boil and a version of Astoria Clown Bread.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 23 Sep. 2020
  • But while these escargot are à la mode in Burgundy, another snail tradition endures in the south, near Spain.
    Emily Monaco, Saveur, 10 May 2019

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