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Recent Examples of fritters
After an afternoon of perusing the shops, stop at High Tide Bar & Seafood Grill for the island's best conch fritters.
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Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
For dessert, sample the apple fritters and fruit tarts.
—Catherine Sabino, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
The region’s North African influences (Tunisia lies just across the coast) are acutely manifest in its cuisine—San Vito Lo Capo hosts an annual couscous festival and chickpea fritters, pistachios, and spices such as saffron and cinnamon feature across many of its restaurants’ menus.
—Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2026
In the Netherlands, Oliebollen, doughnut-like fritters stuffed with apples, are a traditional Dutch New Year’s sweet.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Martha Stewart, 30 Dec. 2025
Corn fritters Corn fritters appear in the WWI cookbook as an example of a simple, wheat-saving side.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 20 Dec. 2025
The diverse menu will have more than 100 items, including multiple varieties of dosa, vegetarian and non-vegetarian curries, biryani, parotta flatbread, tandoori, sambar stew, ragi mudde balls, soups, steamed idli rice cakes, machurian, medu vada fritters, pongal and more.
—Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 16 Dec. 2025
Despite the tender collards in these fritters, each one is crispy and snappy thanks to cornstarch in the batter and white onions.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2025
For Caribbean food, head to O’Niel Caribbean Kitchen, where treats like saltfish fritters or balchi fish balls are worth the inevitably long waits for a table.
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 20 Oct. 2025
Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
For dessert, sample the apple fritters and fruit tarts.
—Catherine Sabino, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
The region’s North African influences (Tunisia lies just across the coast) are acutely manifest in its cuisine—San Vito Lo Capo hosts an annual couscous festival and chickpea fritters, pistachios, and spices such as saffron and cinnamon feature across many of its restaurants’ menus.
—Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2026
In the Netherlands, Oliebollen, doughnut-like fritters stuffed with apples, are a traditional Dutch New Year’s sweet.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Martha Stewart, 30 Dec. 2025
Corn fritters Corn fritters appear in the WWI cookbook as an example of a simple, wheat-saving side.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 20 Dec. 2025
The diverse menu will have more than 100 items, including multiple varieties of dosa, vegetarian and non-vegetarian curries, biryani, parotta flatbread, tandoori, sambar stew, ragi mudde balls, soups, steamed idli rice cakes, machurian, medu vada fritters, pongal and more.
—Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 16 Dec. 2025
Despite the tender collards in these fritters, each one is crispy and snappy thanks to cornstarch in the batter and white onions.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2025
For Caribbean food, head to O’Niel Caribbean Kitchen, where treats like saltfish fritters or balchi fish balls are worth the inevitably long waits for a table.
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fritters
Noun
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King cakes are baked without a center and have a small, plastic baby figurine in the middle.—
Chris Sims,
IndyStar,
10 Feb. 2026
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But there, his entremets, breakfast pastries, cakes, and chocolates come with a high price tag.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Use thick-cut bread that's sturdy enough to hold the patties and toppings.—
Jenna Sims,
Southern Living,
7 Feb. 2026
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Pre-cooked links to fry up for dinner, breakfast patties, meatballs, a breakfast burrito, and in the spicy sauce of a new frozen pasta (above).—
Alex Beggs,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Start with the clam chowder or salt cod croquettes before tucking into a steamed lobster.—
Emma Simard,
Saveur,
4 Feb. 2026
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Recent items include butternut squash Milanese, pickled mushroom croquettes and caramelized apple olive oil cake.—
Sarah Blaskovich,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Fritters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fritters. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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