Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A curved steel blade, often with a vertical handle at each end, used to chop food.
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- noun A
crescent -shaped steelblade attached to a woodenhandle ; used tochop food .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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- in the meantime, pan fry a couple of chicken breasts until nicely browned. chop finely (a mezzaluna is useful for this) and add to soup.
March 2004 2004
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- in the meantime, pan fry a couple of chicken breasts until nicely browned. chop finely (a mezzaluna is useful for this) and add to soup.
chicken soup 2004
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The knife magnet has to be heavy-duty and has to be out of the reach of children, and on one part of it must hang a mezzaluna, the half-moon-shaped (hence the name) herb chopper (which I use for everything) that you cannot cut yourself with as you work, since both hands are safely wrapped around the handles.
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As a 9-year-old, I would sit on a stool with the wooden bowl on my lap, rocking the mezzaluna back and forth, chopping up the livers and hard-boiled eggs.
One For The Table: Mushroom and Garlic Turkey Liver Pâté One For The Table 2011
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They make great kitchen products, and for gifts I'll sometimes give their steamers, containers for sugar and flour or the traditional mezzaluna.
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Once hard-boiled, they would join the sautéed liver and onion in the wooden bowl, which she would hand to me along with the mezzaluna.
One For The Table: Mushroom and Garlic Turkey Liver Pâté One For The Table 2011
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My mother prepared chopped liver using a shallow wooden bowl and a beat-up, double-handled, single-bladed mezzaluna knife that her mother had given her.
One For The Table: Mushroom and Garlic Turkey Liver Pâté One For The Table 2011
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My mother prepared chopped liver using a shallow wooden bowl and a beat-up, double-handled, single-bladed mezzaluna knife that her mother had given her.
One For The Table: Mushroom and Garlic Turkey Liver Pâté One For The Table 2011
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As a 9-year-old, I would sit on a stool with the wooden bowl on my lap, rocking the mezzaluna back and forth, chopping up the livers and hard-boiled eggs.
One For The Table: Mushroom and Garlic Turkey Liver Pâté One For The Table 2011
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Once hard-boiled, they would join the sautéed liver and onion in the wooden bowl, which she would hand to me along with the mezzaluna.
One For The Table: Mushroom and Garlic Turkey Liver Pâté One For The Table 2011
Doobly commented on the word mezzaluna
I have had the most delicious mezzaluna pasta. Beautiful word.
January 22, 2014
qms commented on the word mezzaluna
No true gastronomic kahuna
Will permit a kitchen lacuna.
The liturgical rules
Require your tools
To include the esteemed mezzaluna.
January 22, 2014