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Adour

American  
[uh-door, ah-door] / əˈdʊər, ɑˈdur /

noun

  1. a river in SW France, flowing N from the Pyrenees and then W to the Bay of Biscay. 210 miles (338 km) long.


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The Nive and the Adour meet beneath our feet.

From Salon

Jambon de Bayonne is a cured ham crafted in the Adour Bassin in the Pyrenees.

From Salon

Jambon de Bayonne begins with local pigs that have been born and bred in the Adour Bassin.

From Salon

The chef’s pickled red onions are a trick that he nicked from the Adour, the Alain Ducasse restaurant inside the St. Regis in New York, where the kitchen used to pickle pearl onions for a lamb dish.

From Washington Post

That’s how Frank Bruni, in a review for The Times, characterized a complex dessert at the Adour Alain Ducasse, a now-shuttered restaurant in New York that was led by the French superstar chef.

From New York Times