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cioppino

American  
[chuh-pee-noh, chawp-pee-naw] / tʃəˈpi noʊ, tʃɔpˈpi nɔ /

noun

Italian Cooking.
  1. a stew of fish, shellfish, tomatoes, and seasonings.


Etymology

Origin of cioppino

1935–40; apparently < dialectal Italian


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The crabs were lifted off the boat and weighed: 855 pounds of fresh crab meat to be transformed into sauteed crab cakes, a Louie salad or thrown into some cioppino.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2025

My fellow Slatesters have also noticed their favorite products disappearing from shelves: lemon pepper seasoning, frozen cioppino seafood stew, frozen yogurt, horseradish potato chips, and more.

From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2024

Unfortunately, Sylwia's dish is odd and ill-conceived while Tom's "cioppino salad" is deemed overly ambitious.

From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2023

The Times published a recipe for Tadich’s cioppino.

From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2023

While the bread bakes, make the cioppino: In a large Dutch oven or wide, heavy pot, add 4 cups of the marinara sauce, plus the clam juice, thyme sprigs and red-pepper flakes.

From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2022

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