cioppino
noun
ciop·pi·no
chə-ˈpē-(ˌ)nō 
: a stew of fish and shellfish cooked usually with tomatoes, wine, spices, and herbs
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Pair either with Dungeness crab, cioppino or scallops with crab risotto.
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Noel Burgess,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
The dinner menu will offer New Zealand sea bass with risotto, spicy cioppino with New Zealand green mussels, and New Zealand rack of lamb.
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Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 May 2026
Her homage to San Francisco is the lemongrass cioppino, a herbaceous riff on the city’s classic Fisherman's Wharf stew.
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Susmita Baral,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Apr. 2026
Ordering a steaming bowl of cioppino remains a rite of passage for any food lover visiting San Francisco.
—
Becky Duffett,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Noel Burgess,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
The dinner menu will offer New Zealand sea bass with risotto, spicy cioppino with New Zealand green mussels, and New Zealand rack of lamb.
—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 May 2026
Her homage to San Francisco is the lemongrass cioppino, a herbaceous riff on the city’s classic Fisherman's Wharf stew.
—
Susmita Baral,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Apr. 2026
Ordering a steaming bowl of cioppino remains a rite of passage for any food lover visiting San Francisco.
—
Becky Duffett,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for cioppino
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“Cioppino.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cioppino. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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