salsa
Mexican Cooking. a hot sauce of tomatoes and chile peppers with onion and garlic, and sometimes seasoned with cumin or fresh cilantro, often used as a condiment or served as a dip.
a lively, vigorous type of contemporary Latin American popular music, blending predominantly Cuban rhythms with elements of jazz, rock, and soul music.
a ballroom dance of Puerto Rican origin, performed to this music, similar to the mambo, but faster with the accent on the first beat instead of the second beat of each measure.
to dance the salsa.
Origin of salsa
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In most of the videos, amateur salsa makers practice the craft over a sink or a kitchen counter.
Salsa made with a drill, and more: TikTok offers glimpses of life during the Texas storm | Travis Andrews | February 18, 2021 | Washington PostThe proof is in the sheer number of TikToks featuring homemade salsa.
Salsa made with a drill, and more: TikTok offers glimpses of life during the Texas storm | Travis Andrews | February 18, 2021 | Washington PostCandice Woo, Eater San Diego editorEl Machete 1924, Los Angeles LA-based El Machete 1924 has a line of handcrafted salsas, and all of them are brilliant.
The Best Specialty Brand Salsas According to Eater Editors | Mario A. Cortez | December 18, 2020 | EaterMissy Frederick, Eater cities director I’m obsessed with salsa seca, a dry, crunchy mix of seeds, chiles, and spices that adds as much texture as flavor to anything you put it on.
The Best Specialty Brand Salsas According to Eater Editors | Mario A. Cortez | December 18, 2020 | EaterAshok Selvam, Eater Chicago senior editorArriba labels promising “fire-roasted” salsa do not lie.
The Best Specialty Brand Salsas According to Eater Editors | Mario A. Cortez | December 18, 2020 | Eater
Occasionally a pamphlet for a salsa class might be tossed on a doorstop or stuck on a pole near a bus stop.
Iran’s Becoming a Footloose Nation as Dance Lessons Spread | IranWire | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAt under 200 pages, the book seems like chips and salsa on the table when you are expecting a four course meal.
It is served atop tamarind butter sauce and topped with grilled pineapple salsa.
A Magical Meal at Louie’s Backyard in the Conch Republic | Jane & Michael Stern | July 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTChile relleno is another meatless meal, served in a mild salsa ranchero redolent of tomatoes.
Holy Molé: Tucson’s Mexican Food with a Kick | Jane & Michael Stern | June 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey ate chips and salsa and guacamole and steak fajitas and slept in a real bed for the first time in days, indoors.
We Survived the Triumph: Passengers Describe Their Doomed Carnival Cruise | Winston Ross, Eliza Shapiro, Sam Register | February 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI stepped into the nearest burrito joint and ordered one with carnitas -- shredded pork -- and extra salsa.
Little Brother | Cory DoctorowThe Italians call a preface salsa del libro, the salt of the book.
Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers | W. A. CloustonIn the same locality is the basilica of Saint salsa erected over her tomb.
You could serve her old tires and she'd eat 'em if she could smother them in salsa.
Little Brother | Cory DoctorowBaldissera opened negotiations with the negus through Major salsa, and simultaneously reorganized the Italian army.
British Dictionary definitions for salsa
/ (ˈsælsə) /
a type of Latin American big-band dance music
a dance performed to this kind of music
Mexican cookery a spicy tomato-based sauce
Origin of salsa
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