portobello
noun
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Portobellonouna small seaport on the Caribbean coast of Panama, NE of Colón: harbor discovered and named by Columbus 1502; a principal city of Spanish colonial America.
portobello
1 American
[pawr-tuh-bel-oh, pohr-]
/ ˌpɔr təˈbɛl oʊ, ˌpoʊr- /
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portobellos
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Portobello
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[pawr-toh-bel-oh, pohr-]
/ ˌpɔr toʊˈbɛl oʊ, ˌpoʊr- /
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A lady friend, finding out they didn’t have food at the apartment, invited him and his friend to her place overlooking the ocean for a dinner of pork chops and stuffed portobello mushrooms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026
The first course will be a marinated millet and grilled corn kernel salad with compressed watermelon and avocado sauce, followed by a main course of stuffed portobello mushrooms and creamy saffron-infused risotto.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
The main course will include portobello mushrooms and creamy saffron-infused risotto, with rose and cardamom-infused strawberry shortcake featured for dessert.
From Reuters ● Jun. 21, 2023
Whether you're using cremini, oyster, portobello, white button or practically any other variety, these techniques are all applicable.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2023
However, if you are hosting a barbecue with vegan or vegetarian guests, please don’t think, “Great, I’ll grill up some portobello mushrooms for them and call it good.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2022
Venice Beach struck him as a more body-beautiful version of London’s Portobello Road.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
On a recent Friday afternoon in London, Jarvis Cocker, 62, is musing over the suit he’s just picked up from the Portobello Road Market: “I’m quite pleased with it,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2025
Portobello Town Hall will also host acts for the first time, with a mini-festival to celebrate Palestinian art and culture, called Welcome to the Fringe, Palestine.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2025
Filmed in the UK heatwave of 2022, Last Swim takes Ziba and her group of friends through well-known spots of London such as Portobello Road, Hampstead Heath and Primrose Hill by car, bike and train.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2025
The sale had gone through quickly, and Immie and her friends had shopped in the Portobello Road market for antiques and in Harrods for textiles.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
But white button, brown cremini and giant portobellos are all the same variety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2022
Grilled portobellos are delicious, but they have almost no protein, so they don’t make for a very sustaining meal.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2022
I'll sift through the loose portobellos, irritatingly bagging the choicest mushrooms one by one, then wander over to the technicolor stacks of hot and sweet peppers while dreaming up relishes and roasted pestos.
From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2021
Slices are limited to four options, my favorite of which is the mushroom, a dark relief-map of a pizza topped with roasted creminis and portobellos and complemented by a sauce at once sweet and tart.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2019
Her signature jerk chicken dish is made from fresh halal chicken, and her lentil, spinach and mushroom stew from pricey portobellos.
From New York Times ● May 20, 2016
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