pâté de foie gras
Americannoun
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pâtés de foie gras
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of pâté de foie gras
1820–30; < French: goose-liver pâté
Example Sentences
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He has thus provided himself with a meal from Fauchon, the Paris caterer: pâté de foie gras and Anatolian figs.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2021
Wasn't pâté de foie gras made from the livers of geese?
From The Guardian ● Apr. 20, 2013
If the old gentleman is gay, and he does not assert that he is not, the true reason lies in either the caviare or the pâté de foie gras, or in his crystal conscience.
From Mr. Prohack by Arnold Bennett
It may be served hot with a brown sauce; but is better cold with salad, or used like pâté de foie gras.
From The Century Cook Book by Mary Ronald
They are made by rubbing the butter to a cream, combined with anchovy paste, with mustard, with chopped parsley and tarragon, with pâté de foie gras, etc.
From The Century Cook Book by Mary Ronald
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