prawn
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Ivory Coast's national dish attiéké has gained UN cultural heritage status, along with Japanese sake, Thai prawn soup and Caribbean cassava bread.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2024
Between overfishing, climate change, plastic pollution, and habitat destruction, it’s a bad time to be a prawn, cod, seabird, or whale.
From Salon • Aug. 19, 2024
Lunch was roast rack of lamb with an Asian-style marinade, prawn tacos with pineapple salsa and a strawberry ginger trifle.
From New York Times • May 1, 2023
When he could not convince his father to get into year-round prawn cultivation, Tom reached a deal with him: “Grow pokkali, but leave marketing to me.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2023
Trapped in my bond in this wretched life, I felt like the river prawn we’d found that day.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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