Meaning of fraise du bois | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [C1]

Examples

“Here the valleys are simply crawling with the most delicious fraise du bois which nobody bothers to harvest.”

“After this culinary lyric, I was served a strawberry ice cream made from fraises du bois, followed after the due interval by a woodcock flambé....”

“Flowers grow here as they will, lilies of the valley, wild garlic and fraise du bois all tangled up together.”

“A horse and carriage waits to take us to Central Park, where the grass is studded with fraises du bois.[…]Again, the insistent perfume of fraises du bois.”

“But the stream still dashed among the rocks; people were bathing and preparing the produce for market, watercress, lettuce, even delicious little fraises du bois, strawberries, ripe and sweet, with grains that melted in the mouth.”

“The staff at The Conrad, even as the afternoon wore on, continued cheerfully to replace items, brining, among other things, a new joint of lamb and an exceedingly fresh fruit salad that sported quite a few fraises du bois.”

“[…]they successfully crossed the fraise du bois with a large strawberry from South America.”

“It was already closing when we arrived, but we were admitted with French good manners and given a superb meal which included cold salmon mayonnaise and bowlfuls of fraises-du-bois with lashings of cream.”

“And if, by profound privilege or smug planning, a bed, bathroom and breakfast abide your arrival so too will these revered inns have at the ready for your accustomed lips fresh asparagus and fraise du bois arrived by magic carpet.”

“Fraises du bois are alpine strawberries, tiny and tart with a strong perfume.”

“[…]it was a very smart restaurant. It was famous for its fraises du bois.[…]At the Tour d’Argent, in a dining room high above the river with vast sparkling chandeliers, painted ceilings and many rococo-style mirrors, we were served their trademark pressed duck – the first duck I had ever tasted and rather terrifying in appearance – and had the fraises du bois for pudding.”

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