1835–45, < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl pinolli flour, something ground
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Zepeda tops it with mamey curd, brown butter almond cake, and a pinole crumble.
From Salon ● May 24, 2025
They sometimes left him tortillas and pinole, a porridge of crushed corn and water.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2012
In an era of energy gels and endurance drinks, he’s consuming mostly mineral water, cacao and a traditional ground maize called pinole.
From Washington Post
After his run that day, he drank pinole in the four-wheel-drive support vehicle.
From Washington Post
Several acquaintances formed in our camp yesterday, were recognized, and they received me cordially, made signs to dismount, and when I did so offered watermelons and pinole.
From Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines by Morgan, Lewis H.
Contra Costa Health Services confirmed that In-N-Out restaurants in Pinole and San Ramon have received notices of violating the vaccination order.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2021
The mayors of Hercules, Richmond, San Pablo, Pinole and El Cerrito signed a letter addressed to Gov. Jerry Brown that says the situation has reached "crisis proportions."
From US News ● May 26, 2016
The mayors of Hercules, Richmond, San Pablo, Pinole and El Cerrito signed a letter addressed to Gov. Jerry Brown that says the situation has reached “crisis proportions.”
From Salon ● May 26, 2016
The city of Pinole, near San Francisco, borrowed $1 million to send the state and intends to repay that from general funds, city manager Belinda Espinosa told the San Jose Mercury News.
From Reuters ● Jul. 16, 2012
Pinole, meal of roasted maize, used for stirring in water to drink.Kahal, v.
From The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 by Brinton, Daniel Garrison
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