Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A French open-faced sandwich, especially one with a rich or fancy spread.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The name tartine comes from the verb tartiner, “to spread.”
JOIE DE VIVRE ROBERT ARBOR 2003
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The printed menu offers a selection of tartine—toasts with toppings such as cantal cheese and prosciutto ($7), cheese ($7 each) and charcuterie ($8 each).
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Café des Amis serves "a treasure trove of forgotten dishes," said Mr. Drysdale, with lunchtime favorites including a quiche Florentine made with a traditional custard, chicken paillard with duck-fat croutons and a grilled beef tartine.
Café des Amis 2011
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Mimi Ritzen Crawford for The Wall Street Journal The printed menu offers a selection of tartine—toasts with toppings such as cantal cheese and prosciutto.
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Try it with the roast chicken tartine, piled high with shaved fennel and herb mayo $13.50
An Escape to France 2010
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Ramsay de Give for The Wall Street Journal Tartinery is a modern French bisto in Nolita where the emphasis is on the tartine, an open-faced sandwich.
Tartines Via Paris 2010
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Last night's dinner was $45 per person, and the menu included an appetizer of apricots and prosciutto with burrata, roasted dates, cardamom and marcona almonds; a choice of either market fish with sweet corn and fresh garbanzos, with lamb's quarters and chili-cumin butter or slow-roasted Colorado lamb over fava tartine with preserved lemon, black olives and purslane salad.
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But the real star of the day was the ricotta tartine with mission fig, black pepper and honey.
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The tartine de gigot d'agneu is prepared with a leg of lamb, herbed goat cheese, arugula, tapenade and rosemary jus.
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Recipe of the day: Roasted tomato and eggplant tartine.
Reconciliation 2010
hernesheir commented on the word tartine
(n): a slice of bread or pastry spread or sometimes filled with butter, jam, cream filling, etc.
January 7, 2009