rillette, cheongsam, Berkeley, Mandarin orange

Édouard Vuillard
Cup and Mandarin, 1887-88
oil on canvas
Private collection

A member of our staff recently toured Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, England. Alums of Yale’s Berkeley College would be pleased to see their college’s arms—borrowed from those of the Berkeley family—throughout the castle. But be prepared—the British pronounce the name as Bishop Berkeley himself did: BARK-lee.






cheongsam 旗袍，日文：China Dress

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The cheongsam is a one-piece Chinese dress for women, also known as qípáo (from Mandarin Chinese: 旗袍; pinyin: qípáo; Wade–Giles: ch'i-p'ao; IPA: [t͡ɕʰǐ pʰɑ̌ʊ̯] ( About this sound listen)), and was the Republic of China's mandarin ...

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Although originally made with pork, rillettes now refer to any chopped or shredded meat that’s seasoned and poached in fat over low heat until tender. Today, rillettes can be made from rabbit and other game meat, fish such as salmon, trout, or sardines, and poultry, especially duck.

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This Silky, Fat-Poached Pork Is Also Known as 'Pig Jam'

French rillettes make succulent spreadable snacks.

• 橘，學名：Citrus reticulata，英語：Mandarin orange。

 
 
 

rillettes

PLURAL NOUN

• Pâté made of minced pork or other light meat, seasoned and combined with fat.

  ‘toothsome rillettes of shredded pork in duck fat’

Origin

French, diminutive (plural) of Old French rille ‘strip of pork’.