olio
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It’s essentially something between olive oil and olio santo, except it’s a little sweeter and less spicy.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
“Louise’s former aglio e olio was a greasy mess with mushrooms, cheese, limp noodles,” it said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
Use them to top a classic Italian-style pasta such as aglio e olio for a big punch of sweet, caramelized flavor and crunch.
From New York Times ● May 23, 2022
While my parents made sure that I hadn’t poisoned my grandmother, I went back to the kitchen and whipped up a simple spaghetti aglio e olio, which I secretly preferred to chanterelles.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 18, 2019
On the bill it was called the "olio."
From Famous Prima Donnas by Lewis Clinton Strang
One of my favorite aglio e olios had more coarsely ground, but just as crisp, breadcrumbs.
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2022
Gargilius, sleek, voluptuous lord, A hundred dainties smoke upon his board; Earth, air, and ocean ransack’d for the feast, In masquerade of foreign olios dress’d.
From A Poetical Cook-Book by Maria J. Moss
Not dainty now, the squire in haste Fell to, and praised their savory taste; Nay, said his meal had such a gout He ne'er in tarts and olios knew.
From Aesop, in Rhyme Old Friends in a New Dress by Marmaduke Park
Words ending in io or yo add s; as, folios, nuncios, olios, ratios, embryos.
From Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking by John Hendricks Bechtel
The festivities were duly preceded with the religious ceremonies of the great holyday of St. Patrick's feast, and closed by a grand entertainment at night, which included theatricals, recitations and olios of song and sentiment.
From Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) by Various
