How to Use callaloo in a Sentence

callaloo

noun
  • That Sunday, the callaloo was the first item on my plate.
    — Brigid Washington, Bon Appétit, 2021-03-08
  • Just try her callaloo, scotch bonnet caramelized onion parcels and rice and peas arancini balls.
    — Danielle Pointdujour, Essence, 2020-01-24
  • Look for callaloo, a Caribbean green that's often steamed
    — Stephanie Wu, Town & Country, 2015-02-09
  • Or the aforementioned callaloo, whose surface of red oil hints at the cayenne punch to come and whose body is deeper for a splash of oxtail juice.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 2022-06-10
  • One of the most beloved and musically named Caribbean dishes is callaloo.
    — Tamerra Griffin, San Francisco Chronicle, 2022-10-27
  • Island Paradise -- Jerk chicken, Jamaican-style rice and callaloo.
    — Ann Maloney, NOLA.com, 2018-01-16
  • The menu includes jerk chicken, curry goat and callaloo; among other Jamaican specialties.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 2019-06-27
  • Or head to the on-site juice bar for a detoxifying callaloo, bok choy, cucumber, pineapple, ginger, and lime concoction.
    — Kate Donnelly, Travel + Leisure, 2020-07-12
  • The pigweed is also very similar to the amaranth leaves that Jamaicans call callaloo, Cordelli says.
    — Cindy Sutter, The Denver Post, 2017-04-07
  • Don’t forget to enjoy the island’s rich Creole heritage as well, with foods like crabback (spiced local crab) and callaloo (leaf stew) and folkloric, African inspired dance, called bélé.
    — Kristin Braswell, USA TODAY, 2020-01-14
  • Other typical Jamaican dishes that originated in Africa include callaloo, a leafy green resembling spinach that’s made from amaranth or taro leaves.
    — Amanda Albee, Dallas News, 2021-07-01
  • The shop also sells salads, sides, nonalcoholic beverages and Saturday-only specials of ackee, callaloo and fried dumplings.
    — Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 2022-10-06
  • Besides, my heart is in Asian vegetables, edible perennials, fiddlehead ferns, and callaloo, not flowering shrubs or stringy English beans.
    — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 2017-05-31
  • They are distinguished by their unusually flaky crusts and wide selection, which run from traditional fillings like callaloo and ackee to a beef-and-cheese mixture that imitates a cheeseburger.
    — New York Times, 2022-01-11
  • Green season doubles as a marinade and salsa, commonly used for fish, poultry, and beef, and is added to a number of common Trinidadian like pelau (a one-pot meat and rice dish) and callaloo (greens stewed in coconut milk).
    — Craig Cavallo, Saveur, 2016-02-24
  • The Taste of Jamaica ($19.99) plates up a little bit of everything: jerk chicken, pulled jerk pork, a beef empanada, callaloo, sweet plantains, white rice and black beans.
    — Lauren Delgado, OrlandoSentinel.com, 2018-06-29
  • Other favorites from two Hartford locations are there — for dinner, lunch and Sunday brunch — including brown stew chicken, oxtail, curry goat, ackee and salt fish, coconut shrimp, callaloo and mackerel rundung.
    — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 2022-01-28

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