crudité

plural crudités · alternative crudite · alternative cruditee

1. countablefoodA crispy raw vegetable; an individual piece of crudités.

   In its raw form, fennel might be eaten as a crudité along with a host of other local vegetables—radishes, sweet red onions, cucumber, artichoke, celery and tomatoes.

   2015, Mina Holland, The World on a Plate: 40 Cuisines, 100 Recipes, and the Stories Behind Them, Penguin, →ISBN, page 42

2. countableuncountablefoodSynonym of crudités (“raw vegetables served as an appetizer”).

   When you're eating crudité, chips or anything else that uses a communal dip, you should dip before you take a bite.

   2000 February 2, Harriette Cole, How to Be: A Guide to Contemporary Living for African Americans, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN

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   The note said that she and two of our friends were enjoying a bottle of perfectly chilled chinon, a plate of crudité, and some goat cheese, while gossiping about the wider circle to which we all in some way belonged.

   1998, John Yau, “Treasure Hunt”, in My Symptoms, Santa Rosa, Calif.: Black Sparrow Press, →ISBN, section I, page 33

   The beautiful and often exotic produce available in farmers markets and specialty grocers today are a welcome addition to a crudité. Because they are to be consumed in their most unadorned state, freshness will more than make up for any[…]

   2003 September 2, Nicole Aloni, Cooking for Company: All the Recipes You Need for Simple, Elegant Entertaining at Home, Penguin, →ISBN

   Carrots and celery do not a crudité make; let your senses determine what vegetables and fruits should appear on your crudité tray.

   2009 09, Chef Michel Stroot, The Golden Door Cooks Light and Easy, Gibbs Smith, →ISBN, page 28

   Synonyms: crudités