Word of the Day for Tuesday, November 1, 2011
aioli \ahy-OH-lee\, noun:
A sauce made of oil and eggs, usually flavored with garlic, from the Provence region of France.
Since he likes the French so much, and by extension the total Euro-trash mentality, I wonder if the B.O. will eat crow with a nice topping of aioli following his defeat in 2012!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
He said he was treating. There was roast artichoke topped with a sort of sly aioli. Mutton stuffed with foie gras, double chocolate rum cake. Seven kinds of cheese.-- David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest
A beef sirloin is good, too, slightly charred on the outside and reddish pink in the middle, nicely peppered, with mustard aioli.-- Garrison Keillor, Love Me
Aioli comes from the Provençal word for garlic, ai and the Latin word for oil, oli.
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