cioppino
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cioppino
1935–40; apparently < dialectal Italian
Example Sentences
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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
It’s as substantial as a seafood stew but far less involved than, say, cioppino or bouillabaisse.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2022
Her grandfather Nicola DeSimone, a fisherman from Amalfi, Italy, used it to start a pan of cioppino, a seafood stew made with crab.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2022
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