deli

Example Sentences

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She perhaps represents a refreshing antidote to the kind of cooks whose recipes involve complicated ingredients you have to hunt for in a deli - instead, expect to find Marmite, fish fingers or frozen peas.

From BBC

Italian deli with its vinegary pasta salads tangled with artichokes and sun-dried tomatoes?

From Salon

If I squeeze my eyes shut, I can almost pretend we’re back in Chicago, picking up gourmet sandwiches from the drive-through deli after my dance class.

From Literature

We duck into the nearest deli—the kind with a handwritten soup board and a line that moves just slowly enough to read it twice.

From Salon

There’s the Italian-style pasta salad, tossed in olive oil and vinegar and studded with olive-bar favorites — roasted red pepper, artichoke hearts, basil — and perhaps some deli stalwarts, like chopped cured meats or cheeses.

From Salon