portobello
noun
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portobello
1 American
[pawr-tuh-bel-oh, pohr-]
/ ˌpɔr təˈbɛl oʊ, ˌpoʊr- /
noun
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portobellos
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Portobello
2
American
[pawr-toh-bel-oh, pohr-]
/ ˌpɔr toʊˈbɛl oʊ, ˌpoʊr- /
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If I’m at Bottega Louie, I’m going to have their portobello fries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2025
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
Mushroom kits allow you to harvest delicious varieties such as portobello, shiitake and oyster mushrooms.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2023
Platefuls of zucchini spaghetti with tomato dum sauce, or tandoori portobello with black garlic butter pao, were accompanied by an impressive wine list and even more impressive bartenders.
From New York Times ● Sep. 25, 2022
The copy of Harper Lee's seminal 1960 work was discovered in a box of American books given to the charity's bookshop in Portobello Road, west London.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
A £5m fund to build 472 homes between the 2026/27 and 2028/29 financial years was approved by councillors in February, alongside money for public realm improvements at Hunter Square, Cramond and Portobello.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
But Heymans says Portobello Beach near Edinburgh is also a good place for urban aurora spotting as there are few streetlights and it faces north.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 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
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
This dish of grilled portobellos with chile sauce is definitely in the second camp.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2022
As the 1980s merged into the 1990s, portobellos soared.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2021
To make his Angus Burgers, Motley first makes duxelles, the classic French mixture of mushrooms, aromatics and seasonings; he uses a blend of creminis and portobellos, plus morels when they are in season.
From Washington Post
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