How to Use mesclun in a Sentence

mesclun

noun
  • Lettuces like a mesclun mix or arugula often come in clamshell containers.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2025
  • To make the salad, put the croutons, eggs, bacon, tomatoes, arugula, and mesclun in a large bowl.
    — Ellise Pierce, star-telegram, 25 Sep. 2017
  • Serve with a salad, such as French potato salad, or slice it and use it to fill a baguette, along with mesclun and Camembert.
    — The Mercury News, 10 June 2017
  • Consider that mesclun, a story nestled amid recollections of a first trip to France.
    — Bill Daley, chicagotribune.com, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Early in the month, sow seeds of quick-to-harvest cool-season vegetables such as carrots, mesclun lettuces, radishes, and spinach.
    — Thad Orr, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • And then there will be the vegetables — cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, herbs, carrots, arugula and mesclun greens.
    — James Barron, New York Times, 24 June 2018
  • Instead of offering just fish heaped on rice, each bowl is nearly overgrown with mesclun greens and seaweed salad, tempering the lushness.
    — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2016
  • This is still more affordable than buying mesclun at the grocery store, which will cost you $3 to $6 for a 5- to 16-ounce package.
    — Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 29 June 2026
  • Lettuce For the quickest harvest, grow leaf lettuce, or mesclun, which is ready to harvest in just 30 days after planting.
    — Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Several restaurants that served romaine are facing lawsuits from customers, and wholesalers have had to quickly round up kale and mesclun for restaurants that struck it from their menus.
    — Heather Haddon, WSJ, 30 May 2018
  • Waters and her restaurant Chez Panisse are credited with pioneering the farm-to-table movement and introducing mesclun to the masses.
    — Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2017
  • Tom Shepherd at Shepherd Farms is probably the guy who invented mesclun lettuce in all of California.
    — Matt Jaffe, SFChronicle.com, 15 June 2018
  • Shepherd saw an opportunity and mortgaged her home to start a mail-order seed business, marketing unusual seed varieties, including mesclun mixes.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 7 Feb. 2026
  • But despite romaine remaining on the menu, Lee said that many of their patrons are opting for other leafy greens such as mesclun and kale, and the company even added iceberg to their menu for customers looking for an alternative.
    — Madison Roberts, PEOPLE.com, 3 May 2018

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