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Indonesians eat a hot sauce known as sambal made of chilli, garlic, shallots and aromatics with just about every meal.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

The instinct that pairs chèvre with strawberries is the same one that tells you to finish a bowl of lentils with lemon juice, or to scatter pickled shallots over roast chicken.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2025

She tells him she doesn’t mind that he smells of the shallots in their garden.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2025

As for cooking radish greens, they can be sautéed with garlic and shallots, LaMarita suggested.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2025

In March, Etienne turns sixty and Madame Manec stews little clams—palourd.es—with shallots and serves them alongside mushrooms and quarters of two hard-boiled eggs: the only two eggs, she reports, she could find in the city.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr