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: a usually earthenware dish in which foods are cooked and served
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: a mixture of chopped meat, fish, or vegetables cooked and served in a terrine
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The shrimp were slip minus salinity; the terrine all richness, no depth.
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Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 27 July 2025
In the words of then New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni, Bar Boulud is a terrine machine, a pâté-a-palooza, dedicated to the proposition that discerning New Yorkers aren’t getting nearly enough concentrated, sculptured, gelatinous animal fat, at least not of a superior caliber.
—Sylvie Bigar, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
The meal opens with scallop terrine—delicately topped with fennel crudités, sour onions, and apple—followed by a rich Greenlandic snow crab bisque.
—Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2025
Beef tartare, beef bourguignon, and terrine are all on the menu.
—Eleanor Aldridge, AFAR Media, 30 May 2025
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Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 27 July 2025
In the words of then New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni, Bar Boulud is a terrine machine, a pâté-a-palooza, dedicated to the proposition that discerning New Yorkers aren’t getting nearly enough concentrated, sculptured, gelatinous animal fat, at least not of a superior caliber.
—Sylvie Bigar, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
The meal opens with scallop terrine—delicately topped with fennel crudités, sour onions, and apple—followed by a rich Greenlandic snow crab bisque.
—Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2025
Beef tartare, beef bourguignon, and terrine are all on the menu.
—Eleanor Aldridge, AFAR Media, 30 May 2025
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“Terrine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terrine. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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