prawn
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Right now, I’m getting the melon salad, egg plate and the spotted prawn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Massara, an Italian restaurant in New York City, even serves a cold pasta: a chilled spaghetti with red prawn and briny, decadent sea urchin.
From Salon ● May 30, 2025
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
Products like albacore tuna and spot prawn can come from Vancouver, B.C.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2023
I walked out to get a snack and saw Dadi on the couch, reading Lentil Soup for the Reincarnated Soul, with Oso curled up like a little prawn by her feet.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
Depending on the day, they’ll have six or 21 of the prawns, so sometimes they’ll hold me one when they know I’m coming in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
"Everything is there. I was stuck here," he told AFP in Karachi, near the well-known Bengali market where he peddles desiccated fish and prawns to make ends meet for $7 to $9 per day.
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026
That seafood pizza with tuna and prawns wasn’t a huge seller, it turned out.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025
Broiled prawns in a gochujang butter, garlic, and chives were served sizzling hot.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2025
After a while I removed the faded fiber and added fresh fish and river prawns to the pot.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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