Lyonnaise
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Lyonnaise may refer to:
- An adjective, meaning "cooked with onions" or "with carmelized onions," as in "potatoes lyonnaise," "sauce lyonnaise," or "cardoons à la lyonnaise."[2]
- A colloquial name for an official form of the game of pétanque, in France, also called sport-boules, jeu national, or la boule lyonnaise.[3]
- A silverplate flatware pattern, also called "Eastlake," which debuted in 1879 manufactured by at least four different companies: Holmes and Edwards, Toronto Silverplate, Aurora Plate and James W. Tufts. In some examples, the bird in the pattern design is exchanged for a squirrel.
[edit] Sources
- ^ The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, 2000.
- ^ Larousse Gastronomique, English Edition, 1995.
- ^ Fr.Wikipédia: Lyonnaise
