escargot
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Explanation
Escargot is what you call a snail when you're planning on eating it. Traditional French restaurants often include escargot on the menu. The idea of eating snails might make you feel a little queasy, but the dish would probably surprise you: escargot is typically cooked in a rich, garlicky butter sauce, and it's delicious. The snails used for escargot are particularly large, and the dish is generally served as an appetizer. Escargot is the French word for "snail," from the Latin conchylium, "edible shellfish."
Vocabulary lists containing escargot
World Cuisine - Introductory
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Then the conversation morphed: Why not go abroad and try ranch on foods they’ve never thought of, like escargot or paella?
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
There's no butter chicken or naan here and Kumar's epiphany came with an unlikely encounter: French escargot.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
It might have you reconsidering that dish of escargot you were about to order.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2025
The draw: the opportunity to taste the chef Ludo Lefebvre’s classic French fare — garlicky escargot, curry-tinged mussels frites, duck breast à l’orange — at his first venture outside of Los Angeles.
From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2022
“Petite escargot porte sur son dos,” Dad sings at the table.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
I had escargots - I love escargots - but everyone else in my group had them.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2023
It also might help out if your companion orders escargots, heavy on the garlic.
From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2020
Expect French onion soup, escargots, steak frites, Dover sole meunière finished tableside, a pork porterhouse, tuna tartine and profiteroles.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2020
The update is a bar of puff pastry supporting a rich cancan of escargots, mushrooms and garlic-laced béchamel.
From Washington Post ● May 12, 2016
After he had eaten of the moules marinieres and the escargots it was no longer imagination, he felt sure of the fact.
From Fifth Avenue by Maurice, Arthur Bartlett
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