partridge

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We indulge in not one but two meats: carrilleras, stewed pork cheeks with red peppers, and perdiz escabechada, cold partridge preserved in vinegar and herbs with a crisp salad.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

Schwarzman, who usually arrives by helicopter, also bought the farm next door to host pheasant and partridge shoots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

After six seasons, five Christmas specials, three movies and a partridge in a pear tree, this is the end, until the next time writer and creator Julian Fellowes is struck with inspiration.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025

It described the deaths as a “national disgrace” and blamed the majority of incidents on rogue gamekeepers trying to protect stocks of pheasant, partridge and grouse on countryside shooting estates.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2024

Granddad’s out fishing for trout in the river with a homemade rod or hunting grouse or partridge across the fields.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline