palate
Example Sentences
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She whet his palate with detailed reports dissecting the southern Italian dialect spoken by his grandmother.
By the time you’re invited to nibble the pulp off seeds straight from a tamarind pod, a palate cleanser before dessert, you may have forgotten that the island you’re on is Manhattan.
“Just when you think the flavor has fully revealed itself, you discover a subtle hint of citrus at the finish that really pleases the palate.”
From Salon
If I were unlucky enough to do so, I’d instantly lose my appetite, spitting out those pungent, peppery seeds with such haste and chugging glasses of water in an attempt to clean my palate.
From Salon
Cho applies this culinary overlap to his first Slow Food Fast contribution, bringing a Korean palate to salmon cooked en papillote—French for “in paper,” a method for steam-roasting ingredients in a pouch.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
