torta

plural tortas

1. USA sandwich, served either hot or cold, on an oblong white sandwich roll, derived from Mexican cuisine.
2. A flat heap of moist, crushed silver ore, prepared for the patio process.
3. slangAn overweight or obese Hispanic woman, especially one deemed attractive.

plural tortas

1. A Philippine omelette of ground meat and potatoes.

plural tortas

1. countableuncountableAn Italian cake.

   Perhaps there could be a smarter balsamic kick in the latte cotto custard, more oomph in the chocolate torta.

   1996 May 6, Gael Greene, “Where the Boys Are”, in New York, page 92, column 1

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   They include fresh noodles, roasted chickens, savory Italian tortas, caponata and other antipasti like roasted onions in balsamic vinegar, crusty walnut breads, biscotti, and fabulous Italian desserts.

   1991, Patricia Unterman, editor, Best Restaurants of San Francisco: The San Francisco Chronicle Guide to Fine Dining, San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 275

   Internationally popular from his cookbooks and television show, Middione fills the deli case with southern Italian tortas, roasted chicken, polenta, and white bean salad.

   1998, Donna Peck, Romantic Days and Nights in San Francisco: Intimate Escapes in the City by the Bay, Globe Pequot Press, →ISBN, page 153

   To follow, there’s good, strong coffee and desserts such as chocolate torta with fresh whipped cream ($4.50), which comes from the divine Victoria Bakery a few steps away over the road (try their “Ugly But Beautiful” nut meringues), and gelato zabaglione ($3.50), an absolutely ambrosial yellow fluff.

   2003, Elgy Gillespie, “Trattoria Contadina”, in The Rough Guide to San Francisco Restaurants, 2004 edition, Rough Guides Ltd, →ISBN, page 98

   The cuisine is rustic, with a decent choice of fish and meat, and great desserts like hazelnut chocolate torta with meringue doused in espresso and layered chantilly cream with bitter cocoa, or “bugies,” little fried pockets of dough filled with candied lemon zest and grappa di Moscato, then dusted with sugar.

   2003 winter, Linda Marx, “Boardwalk baby”, in Palm Beach Life, page 34

   I cooked for her as I had never cooked before: Spanish appetizers, Thai curries, and Italian tortas landed before her in dizzying, delectable profusion.

   2007, Marusya Bociurkiw, Comfort Food for Breakups: The Memoir of a Hungry Girl, Arsenal Pulp Press, →ISBN