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tart

[tahrt] / tɑrt /




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Grab a pineapple bun stuffed with ham and butter, a corned beef egg tart, a sourdough one, even pistachio.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2026

The liqueur has a touch of sweetness that counters the tart grapefruit.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

These acids give kombucha its familiar tart flavor.

From Science Daily Jun. 23, 2026

They slurped the cafe’s signature lavashak smoothie — a tart mixture including peaches, various berries and pomegranate molasses — and munched on slow-cooked lamb over nachos with melty Armenian string cheese.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

The dessert, a cherry tart, was slightly burned.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

So it makes pain au chocolat and delicate tarts, but also strawberry mochi donuts or red bean bread.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

The idea initially came from a colleague, who praised the homemade tarts he would bring into work.

From BBC Dec. 16, 2025

Proof of that is in the presence of Meghan’s beloved beagle Guy, still loafing in the corner as our host roasts chicken and throws together caramelized onion tarts.

From Salon Aug. 27, 2025

Its bakery will sell viral Asian treats, including lava mochi puffs and Napoleon Portuguese egg tarts.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 25, 2025

The kitchen was sweet with tarts, and some of the berries had boiled over in the oven and burned, making the sharp, bitter-sweet smell pleasant and astringent.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

English and organic red wines, which he says can taste tarter, are among his favourites to drink chilled.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

Similar to the Italian lemons—the tarter Sorrento and the sweeter Sfumato—used to make limoncello, my two lemon varieties impart different levels of sweetness and tartness.

From Salon Nov. 12, 2022

Turning watermelon juice into a rich syrup made darker and tarter with dried hibiscus flowers, then mixing it with a smoky mezcal makes for a deep, rich sour.

From Washington Post Aug. 20, 2021

And there’s a rabbit hole of detail to descend into: freckles, skin moles and scars, teeth tarter, nose hair and shaving nicks on the necks and faces of figures.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 21, 2020

Beat the yolks of four eggs very light, with a cup of sugar, three-quarters cup creamed butter, and a glass of jelly, the tarter the better.

From Dishes & Beverages of the Old South by Martha McCulloch-Williams

The Granny Smiths were the tartest, but also the softest and most liable to break down.

From New York Times Nov. 12, 2021

The most important contributor is black screenwriter Bill Gunn, adapting a 1966 novel by Kristin Hunter, also black, but adding most of the tartest lines and characterisations himself.

From The Guardian Oct. 4, 2012

In fact, the tartest sections of this book reflect Mr. Cheney’s frustration when things did not go his way.

From New York Times Aug. 25, 2011

Hildebrand, a highly respected chemist, is one of the tartest critics of the life-adjustment and how-to-get-along kind of education being dished up by some of the nation's schools and teachers' colleges.

From Time Magazine Archive

This was spoken by Lady Janet in her tartest of voices, and with a steady stare at Upton, who stroked his moustaches in very palpable confusion.

From Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) by Charles James Lever




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