à l’américaine

[ah luh-mer-i-keyn, -ken, a la-mey-ree-ken]

adjective

French Cooking.

1. prepared with tomatoes, garlic, wine, shallots, and herbs.

   lobster à l’américaine.

Word History and Origins

Origin of à l’américaine¹

< French: in the American style

Example Sentences

Main courses include sweet rice with mushrooms cooked in a banana leaf, a version of homard à l’Américaine made with coconut milk, coffee-crusted pork chop with lentils, trout baked with a basting of miso, and roasted or steamed Dover sole for two with vermouth-lime butter.

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Mr. Finkielkraut was pointing to disturbing tendencies in French intellectual life, but Mr. Nora wanted to take the conversation in a different direction: to the “mouvements à l’américaine” that start on campuses across the ocean and tend to show up in France.

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It could be a steak Diane or lobster à l’américaine or cherries jubilee or crepes suzette.

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Part of my friend’s analysis was that French political attacks on opposing candidates have become more vehement, destructive and media-driven à l’Américaine.

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There’s been reference made to “lobster a l’Americaine” combined with fillets of sole, as well as “a very good potage, grilled turbot, salsifis sauté, and apple charlotte.”

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