scallop
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We’ll order a dozen oysters, a scallop tostada and a little steak frites if we’re feeling cheeky.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Meanwhile, the scallop and soup examples I mentioned above came, respectively, from Ed Yong’s “An Immense World,” about animal perception, and Sam Kean’s “The Disappearing Spoon”—of which I have completed 87% so far.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
The meal begins with scallop brightened with currant and rye-seasoned buttermilk, then slow-cooked reindeer, sirloin and tongue, finished over wood, mushroom purée beneath and fermented cabbage cutting richness.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026
More than 100 of the cubes have already been used at a scallop farm in Torbay.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025
A gold ingot in the tines of a scallop rake.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
Our favorite dish was the house-made pappardelle with buffalo mozzarella and cherry tomatoes, topped with beautifully seared scallops.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
The surf and turf variety includes Angus beef, chorizo, lobster and scallops.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
Hutchings uses scallops, large shrimp and fish fillets, but other options like oysters, lobster tails, crabs, mussels and clams are perfectly acceptable.
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2026
Go to the Marché des Enfants Rouges in the 3rd arrondissement in Paris for fresh oysters and a cheese plate, or to the Marché des Carmes in Toulouse for some lamb chops and fried scallops.
From Barron's ● Mar. 8, 2026
She finishes her entree of scallops too quickly, sits for a very long time, it seems, watching Nikhil work his way through his quail.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
The scalloped bonnethead was last seen in Mexico in 1994, while the scoophead was last documented in 2007.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2025
To mimic the shape of classic Cheeze-It’s, Markle uses a simple scalloped pastry cutter — available at Williams Sonoma for $20 — to cut the cracker dough into even 1 1/4-inch squares.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2025
From an office perched on the scalloped edge of the continent, Victoria Bradley jokes that she has the most beautiful doctor's practice in Australia.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2025
Three crisp, sharp triangles in flat primary colors are edged in scalloped yellow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2024
The duct tape does nothing to hide the offensive olive-green flower pattern that’s stitched into the worn yellow velour covering her cushions and scalloped back.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
For the adventurous and industrious, from October to March, the town sells $50-a-week shellfish permits for recreational scalloping.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
Brown was working with a vocabulary that she called “delicate aberrations,” and small-scale gestures repeatedly catch the eye, like palms carving the air in a scalloping motion, or a forearm folding into a rib.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2022
When my kids were younger, I always took them scalloping.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2021
In New Bedford, Massachusetts, where the William Lee docks, scalloping season begins in April.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 8, 2021
Each had knotted, carefully combed tassels, fleur-de-lis borders, ornate medallion designs, and minute scalloping amid a motif of connected eight-spoked wheels, all in rust and fire orange.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
