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Recent Examples of amuse-bouche
The menu, which is serve ala carte starts with snack-style amuse-bouches including a sweet shrimp tartlette with crème fraiche, maple, and shiso; uni French toast topped with roasted pepper cream and bone marrow; and crispy but light green bean beignets served three to an order with tarragon sauce.
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Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
If the last campaign was an amuse-bouche, Yamal has brought the full flavor in 2024/25, and there’s still much room for improvement numbers-wise.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
All of these are mere amuse-bouches in preparation for the main course, in which Hunt manages to stowaway on a biplane, commandeer it, then jump onto a second biplane and hang on to the wing while swooping up to 8000 feet.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
The new suites are 25% larger than the standard United Polaris offering and have privacy doors, an extra ottoman seat, exclusive meal options and a caviar amuse-bouche service.
—Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 13 May 2025
Seafood Courses The eight courses begin with an amuse-bouche containing definite New York touches including a King Salmon Everything Bagel plus a suggestion of a smash burger but composed of the fatty tuna Otoro, egg yolk gelee and Choux pastry and an A5 Wagyu & Hokkaido Uni Sando.
—Laurie Werner, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
For light fare — an amuse-bouche, essentially — Carême gets the job done.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 May 2025
The kaleidoscope of color followed us to the restaurant, where there was a scotch bonnet on top of my margarita and green tobiko atop an amuse-bouche of local lobster.
—Elspeth Velten, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2025
With each new dish, flavors, portions, complexity and texture build from there.
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The amuse-bouche is usually whimsical, and starts the performance at the table and buys the kitchen time.
—Alix Strauss, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
If the last campaign was an amuse-bouche, Yamal has brought the full flavor in 2024/25, and there’s still much room for improvement numbers-wise.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
All of these are mere amuse-bouches in preparation for the main course, in which Hunt manages to stowaway on a biplane, commandeer it, then jump onto a second biplane and hang on to the wing while swooping up to 8000 feet.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
The new suites are 25% larger than the standard United Polaris offering and have privacy doors, an extra ottoman seat, exclusive meal options and a caviar amuse-bouche service.
—Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 13 May 2025
Seafood Courses The eight courses begin with an amuse-bouche containing definite New York touches including a King Salmon Everything Bagel plus a suggestion of a smash burger but composed of the fatty tuna Otoro, egg yolk gelee and Choux pastry and an A5 Wagyu & Hokkaido Uni Sando.
—Laurie Werner, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
For light fare — an amuse-bouche, essentially — Carême gets the job done.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 May 2025
The kaleidoscope of color followed us to the restaurant, where there was a scotch bonnet on top of my margarita and green tobiko atop an amuse-bouche of local lobster.
—Elspeth Velten, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2025
With each new dish, flavors, portions, complexity and texture build from there.
Editors’ Picks
Image
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The amuse-bouche is usually whimsical, and starts the performance at the table and buys the kitchen time.
—Alix Strauss, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amuse-bouche
Noun
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Craft cocktails like the Cloud Nine, Eclipse Martini and Sundown Spritz channel the sky-high ambience, while the food menu offers a range of trans-Pacific shareables, appetizers and entrees.—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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The James Beard Award winner is teaming up with Target's Good & Gather line to bring Carolina-style appetizers, snacks, and sauces to tables across the country.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
28 May 2025
Noun
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Bring your appetite and go big, with antipasto, pasta, main course, and dessert at a homey trat like Da Enzo da 29.—
Elizabeth Heath,
Travel + Leisure,
18 May 2024
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Most locals start with the mixed antipasto, an array of raw and cooked seafood, before having the Assassina.—
Laura May Todd Enea Arienti,
New York Times,
17 May 2024
Noun
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Upon checking in, guests will be greeted with a welcome cocktail (with a spirit-free option available, too).—
Regan Stephens,
Travel + Leisure,
2 June 2025
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The cocktail was invented in the 1920s by American expat Victor Morris in Lima’s Morris Bar.—
Jennifer Kester,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
Noun
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Trump’s slash-and-burn approach to reform — on issues as varied as immigration enforcement to Medicaid to Veterans Affairs and COVID-19 shots, just for starters, will take a strong pushback just to land somewhere near the ever-elusive sensible center.—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2025
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The situation is only made worse on occasions when the starters slip.—
Charlotte Varnes,
New York Times,
1 June 2025
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“Amuse-bouche.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amuse-bouche. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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