pot-au-feu

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Adding seasoning to the pot-au-feu, the movie paired Binoche with her former romantic partner Benoît Magimel.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2024

"Just to film the pot-au-feu, Michel Nave had to manipulate forty kilos of meat," he said.

From Reuters • May 24, 2023

If history is any indication, this beef will boil over into a classic pot-au-feu to keep us warm as winter approaches.

From Slate • Nov. 22, 2019

“There is only one place in the world, outside of fiction, where such a pretentious pot-au-feu of newsworthy people could simmer so richly and continuously in such a compact vessel,” wrote the journalist Sherwood Kohn.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2018

"Mighty appetizing," said Durtal, inhaling the odour of a peppery pot-au-feu, perfumed with a symphony of vegetables, of which the keynote was celery.

From Là-bas by Wallace, Keene