tart
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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 always-bustling neighborhood will turn up a notch when Ghanaians, Ivorians and Senegalese gather over jollof rice, tart bissap drinks made from hibiscus flowers and rich, shareable lamb and seafood dishes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
For the moms who love a tart yet refreshing dessert, treat them to homemade lime ice cream.
From Salon ● May 10, 2026
I take a sip of the tart, dry liquid and secretly think it could be improved by a few spoonfuls of honey.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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For about $6, a box gives you two buttery sheets of possibility: enough to make crisp, savory egg tarts for the main course — and a small sweet course to follow.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
Six new Pasadena bakeries to visit for cinnamon rolls, cookies, croissants, Labubu tarts, bagels, gluten-free desserts and vegan pastries.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
The idea initially came from a colleague, who praised the homemade tarts he would bring into work.
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2025
Its bakery will sell viral Asian treats, including lava mochi puffs and Napoleon Portuguese egg tarts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2025
She nibbled on the small sandwiches with no crust and soft fillings and ate the tiny tarts with bites as delicate as the tarts themselves.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
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English and organic red wines, which he says can taste tarter, are among his favourites to drink chilled.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Yes, the Sweet Potato Roll with Fried Chesapeake Catfish, Preserved Ramp tarter is a longtime favorite and is still available.
From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2024
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
When chloroform was produced, he said that was the same smell, but there was something more that was considerably tarter.
From A Republic Without a President and Other Stories by Ward, Herbert D. (Herbert Dickinson)
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
“Man of the Hour,” one of the tartest songs from the new album, came next, and Ms. Jones’s ample indignation trumped the clunky lyrics.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2010
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
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If praises of the Mainwarings is to begin," answered Mrs. Mortlock in her tartest voice, "what I say is, let me retire.
From The Palace Beautiful A Story for Girls by Meade, L. T.
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