(n.) The seeds of a kind of goosewort (Chenopodium Quinoa), used in Chili and Peru for making porridge or cakes; also, food thus made.
Example Sentences:
(1) Try the sweet potato falafel, quinoa, roast vegetables, harissa and sumac yogurt ($23).
(2) Some of the viruses could be differentiated from each other (especially in C. quinoa) by other characters, such as the accumulation of membranes in cell nuclei, or the type of organelle (chloroplasts, mitochondria or peroxisomes) from which multivesicular bodies developed.
(3) When it was first licensed for the European food market six years ago, baobab was – with a certain inevitability –proclaimed a superfood to rival quinoa, blueberries and kale.
(4) OKCupid knows how likely you are to put out on the first date , the NSA knows you eat a lot of quinoa, and all 962 of your Facebook friends have caught a glimpse of you in an ill-advised bikini.
(5) Become a resident of N1 (Islington), and you might live in a flat with no heating above a noisy main road, but goddammit, you're going to eat quinoa.
(6) The animal experiments showed NPU values of 75.7, BV of 82.6 and TD value of 91.7 for the protein in raw quinoa.
(7) Perhaps the powers from on high will decide that picnics in Kensington Gardens can only comprise quinoa salads and raw broccoli.
(8) A packet of quinoa insists: “Mix with chicken stir-fry.
(9) The changes in proximate composition, amino acid content and protein efficiency ratio (PER) caused by hot-water extraction of the saponins were studied in four Bolivian varieties of quinua (Chenopodium quinoa, Willd).
(10) Quinoa is the grain-like seed of a plant in the goosefoot family (other members include spinach, chard, and the wonderful edible weed lambs quarters ), and its appeal is immense.
(11) Double-stranded RNA preparations from Chenopodium quinoa leaves inoculated with two English isolates of beet soil-borne virus (BSBV), BSBV-N and BSBV-452N, a French isolate of beet necrotic yellow vein virus (BNYVV), a Swedish isolate of a tubular beet virus (86-109) or a Belgian isolate of a similar virus (1530) were compared following separation on non-denaturing polyacrylamide gels.
(12) "C an vegans stomach the unpalatable truth about quinoa?," thunders the headline of a recent Guardian piece .
(13) For example, at Dora in Poi ( Via Catania 21 ) in Vanchiglietta, the restaurant where Vassily and I work, all our base ingredients are Piemontese – such as rice, garlic and salmon – but we have created dishes with influences from northern Europe, Asia and South America, so you’ll see plenty of ceviche, dim sum, ramen-style soup and quinoa.
(14) We can’t isolate just the fact that we‘re using suqakollos but we can say that between the water management, the soil management and the fertiliser management, we are reaching double the harvest numbers.” Figures for 2013-14 indicate that s uqakollo ’s crop yields for quinoa are 3.2 tonnes per hectare, more than double the average of 1.3 tonnes per hectare for the same crop grown on the plain.
(15) To test this hypothesis, several C. quinoa isolates of BNYVV with different RNA-3 and -4 contents have been retransmitted to sugarbeet root via P. betae.
(16) The biological activity of the RNAs transcribed from these constructs was tested in Chenopodium quinoa protoplasts using a helper virus.
(17) Breads baked with 5% and 10% quinoa flour were of good quality.
(18) Among five plant species tested, only Chenopodium quinoa accumulated large amounts of viral particles.
(19) Transcripts having either six (M1R) or 29 (M3R) extra nucleotides at their 5' ends replicated in the presence of ArMV genomic RNA in manually inoculated Chenopodium quinoa plants, even though M1R also differs from the native sequence at nucleotide position 2.
(20) Cake taste improved with either 5% or 10% quinoa flour in the blend.
Risotto
Definition:
(n.) A kind of pottage.
Example Sentences:
(1) To order your main course (from £7.50), squeeze through the tightly packed tables to the kitchen and select whatever catches your eye from an array of dishes that includes roast lamb, salmon with seafood risotto, stuffed cabbage, and sublime stuffed squid (£14), which comes with tomato rice studded with succulent octopus.
(2) I asked her what she thought of the freezing weather here and she said she was used to it.” At lunch, Kate dined on herb-infused vegetable terrine, poached salmon with dill hollandaise sauce, lemon pearl barley risotto and sautéed vegetables.
(3) 30g unsalted butter 2 tbsp olive oil 2 medium onions, peeled and finely chopped 2 large garlic cloves, peeled and crushed 2 tbsp picked thyme leaves 2 lemons, 1 shaved into long strips of zest and 1 finely grated 300g risotto rice 500g trimmed brussels sprouts, 200g shredded and 300g quartered 200ml dry white wine 900ml vegetable stock Salt and black pepper About 400ml sunflower oil 40g parmesan, roughly grated 60g dolcelatte, broken up into roughly 2cm chunks 10g tarragon, chopped 2 tsp lemon juice Put the butter and olive oil in a large frying pan over a medium-high heat.
(4) GB Burlotto Barolo Monvigliero, Piedmont, Italy 2008 (£28, The Wine Society ) This has the classic barolo paradox of power (14.5% alcohol) and ethereal fragrance (rose floral and subtle earthiness), but there's a ripeness and generosity of fruit here that you don't always find in nebbiolo at this age: a treat for wild mushroom risotto or pulse-based stews.
(5) Grate some rind into risottos, pasta sauces, stews and puddings (but don't grate too deep – the white pith doesn't taste good.)
(6) Each afternoon, dishes such as warm salad of potato, fried egg and Clonakilty black and white pudding; spaghetti carbonara; porcini risotto; or peppery, perfumed pastrami with remoulade and pieces of what resembled XXL melba toast, are all knocked out at £6.50.
(7) Risottos and quiches tend to take on a uniform, pudding-like texture."
(8) Our sushi, vegetarian risotto, snacky little chicken kara-age bao, one steak, one burger (both with accompaniments) plus delivery and service, comes to £99.69.
(9) It exists purely as a broadbrush gambit in the attritional process of freaking out his closest rivals: we picture Arsène Wenger coughing awkwardly on the Emirates bench and going for a bit of a walk along the touchline, Jose Mourinho discreetly wafting his coat-tails and muttering about last night's seafood risotto.
(10) As well as "omelettes and eggs whenever we are allowed to serve them", he offered the vaguely continental dishes of the time: bouillabaisse, risotto, goulash, quiche Lorraine; a dozen cheeses; and a choice of various coffees and teas.
(11) Serves 4 onion 1 small garlic 1 clove, chopped celery 1 small stick unsalted butter 30g, in 2 pieces olive oil 4-6 tbsp, plus a little extra for frying the sage salt a pinch bay leaf 1 fresh thyme a pinch pancetta 150g, chopped into small cubes risotto rice 300g (carnaroli is preferable) dry white wine 100ml hot chicken stock 1½ litres is more than enough trevisano 1 large, sliced into 1cm wide pieces parmesan 80g, grated lemon 1 sage 7 small leaves On a low heat sweat off the onion, garlic and celery in 15g of the butter and olive oil with a pinch of salt, then add the bay and thyme.
(12) If time permits, stop for lunch at Trattoria al Castelletto ( alcastelletto.com ), where the formidable Signora Clemi serves delicious dishes like pumpkin risotto or plump grilled porcini mushrooms.
(13) Looking at his website , I don't think Tuesday's seafood risotto, Wednesday's sizzling chicken fajitas or Saturday's mojito fruit salad would quite "weigh up".
(14) Cath cooked a lovely risotto, which was followed by a goat's cheese flan and a salad made by Jo.
(15) The Sunday buffet is incredible, with crab, prawns, mussels, fish risotto and a great seafood paella, best accompanied by some of their homemade cachaça (the base ingredient of caipirinha) free for all guests and served up in little clay pots.
(16) They will begin discussing the incredible meals they enjoyed in Italy – the seafood linguine, the-remarkable-risotto-in-that-family-restaurant-up-the-steps-that-very-hot-day, and then Brydon will go scurrying off on to the matter of Bobby Davro in a hot tub or Coogan will suddenly address the peculiar melancholy of business hotels: "One of those places that looks nice from the outside but it's got fire doors on the inside and those reinforcements they put on stairs – the rubber or brass strips on the steps.
(17) Open Mon-Sat 11.45am-6.30pm Coppi Facebook Twitter Pinterest City-centre sister restaurant to the highly regarded Il Pirata (toast of happening suburban ’hood Ballyhackamore), Coppi deals in a similar mix of cicchetti (small plates), pizzette and sharply executed pasta and risotto dishes.
(18) These are a little like the Italian arrancini, made by deep-frying leftover risotto.
(19) People favour risottos now, but before there was risotto, there was pilaff: buttery rice mixed with onions, garlic and tomatoes that have first been fried in olive oil.
(20) A steady stream of shoppers are filling their baskets with biscuits, fizzy pop, risotto rice and tins of tomatoes at Niftie’s grocery store in Dover on a cold January morning.