a cabbage-shaped decoration, as a rosette or knot on a woman's dress, hat, etc.
delicious little choux topped with sugar crystals or streusel.
a type of cabbage
a rosette
a round cream bun
First recorded in 1700–10; from French: literally, “cabbage,” from Latin caulis “stem”; see origin at cole
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Eater New York investigated the accusation, which centered on scallop chou farci, a dish served at the now-closed Tribeca restaurant, Mena, where Blamey managed Garcia.
From Salon ● May 12, 2024
To further complicate the narrative, Eater’s Melissa McCart found a 2022 Resy interview in which Blamey had specifically mentioned collaborating with Garcia on Mena’s version of scallop chou farci.
From Salon ● May 12, 2024
Largely, that’s been how the response to the scallop chou farci debacle on “Top Chef” has been divided, too.
From Salon ● May 12, 2024
But there are also dishes that seem to have nothing to do with Chile — for instance, a chou farci.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2022
Bake chou paste in long, slender shapes, like éclairs, but narrower and shorter; when cold split apart on the ends and one side and fill with chicken salad.
From Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties With Fifty Illustrations of Original Dishes by Hill, Janet McKenzie
“I’ve transitioned from the guy who walks around the lake to someone who runs around the lake,” Chou, 53, says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
Thomas Chou, a managing partner at the law firm Morrison Foerster, spent much of his 30s and 40s doing yoga, hiking and training his upper body.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
Of those 13, nine were declared dead at the scene, Chou Wing-yin of the Fire Services Department said.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2025
Meteor Rain was the theme song to the 2001 popular TV drama Meteor Garden, which starred F4's Jerry Yan, Vanness Wu, Vic Chou, and Ken Chu, and catapulted them to stardom.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2025
Chou has this luxury; everyone expects her to.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
Reddit users were convinced that the $1.49 deep-fried choux pastry dough treat was gone for good after more stores nationwide began introducing a 750-calorie Chocolate Chip Cookie.
From Salon ● Jan. 16, 2024
The star of maque choux, one of the classic dishes of Louisiana’s Cajun country, is fresh summer corn.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 15, 2023
Paris-Brest, praline-flavored mousseline piped inside a ring of pâte à choux, is a showstopping New Year’s dessert.
From New York Times ● Jan. 1, 2023
The judges accepted the explanation and told Lynch his fluffy, golden choux pastry buns were “really delicious.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2022
They said he was the padeshah of pate a choux, the ruler supreme of rosewater and cream.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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