1835–45, < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl pinolli flour, something ground
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Zepeda tops it with mamey curd, brown butter almond cake, and a pinole crumble.
From Salon ● May 24, 2025
They sometimes left him tortillas and pinole, a porridge of crushed corn and water.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2012
After his run that day, he drank pinole in the four-wheel-drive support vehicle.
From Washington Post
In an era of energy gels and endurance drinks, he’s consuming mostly mineral water, cacao and a traditional ground maize called pinole.
From Washington Post
Even considering shortcuts, which he, no doubt, knew, it was quite a feat of endurance; for he must have lived, as the Indians always do while travelling, on pinole and water only.
From Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan by Lumholtz, Carl
Tsunami evacuation orders and warnings were issued for residents along the coast in West Berkeley, the Mendocino County coast and Pinole, among others.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2024
The mayors of Hercules, Richmond, San Pablo, Pinole and El Cerrito signed a letter addressed to Gov. Jerry Brown that says the situation has reached "crisis proportions."
From US News ● May 26, 2016
The mayors of Hercules, Richmond, San Pablo, Pinole and El Cerrito signed a letter addressed to Gov. Jerry Brown that says the situation has reached “crisis proportions.”
From Salon ● May 26, 2016
He took up football around age 11 and starred at both sports at Pinole Valley High.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2012
Disappointed and chagrined, Mr. Pinole returned to his home.
From After Long Years and Other Stories by Miller, Sophie A.
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