prawn
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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
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
For many people the terms prawn and shrimp are used interchangeably.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2023
Just as certain dishes—peach melba, prawn cocktail—have managed to spread across continents and survive over time, so some scientific doctrines are successfully disseminated, while others remain firmly tied to their time and place of origin.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
"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
“It had sardines, I believe, anchovy, tuna, and prawns on it,” Skimehorn said.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025
Broiled prawns in a gochujang butter, garlic, and chives were served sizzling hot.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2025
This includes shellfish delicacies such as prawns, lobsters, crabs and crayfish that we both catch wild and farm.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 26, 2024
Big clams, prawns, crab, all kinds of fish, salty and freshwater, the best—otherwise why would so many foreigners come to this port?
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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