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salade niçoise

British  
/ sæˈlɑːd niːˈswɑːz /

noun

  1. a cold dish consisting of hard-boiled eggs, anchovy fillets, olives, tomatoes, tuna fish, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of salade niçoise

C20: from French, literally salad of or from Nice , S France

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“He was in wonderful spirits and had wonderful energy. For lunch he made the most delicious salade niçoise I’ve ever had. And he did it in a methodical way.”

From New York Times Sep. 2, 2021

Like hitting the gym instead of the couch or having the salade niçoise instead of fries, you pick the less tempting option because in the long run it will make you feel better.

From Slate Aug. 16, 2018

In place of a salade niçoise, here’s grilled swordfish, dressed for summer with the fixings for that all-American sandwich, the BLT.

From New York Times Jul. 5, 2018

Cherche Midi’s salade niçoise is delicious from start to finish; Balthazar’s is a bowl of ingredients that can’t remember what they’re supposed to taste like.

From New York Times Sep. 30, 2014

London 2012: you go girls How to make the perfect salade niçoise Karl Lagerfeld finds inspiration for a new Chanel collection.

From The Guardian Aug. 3, 2012

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