osso buco
noun
os·so bu·co
ˌō-sō-ˈbü-(ˌ)kō 
ˌȯ-sō-
variants
or less commonly osso bucco
: a dish of veal shanks braised with vegetables, white wine, and seasoned stock
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His boyfriend made osso buco and risotto; Gulyás put on a John Coltrane record and poured red wine, then made Negronis.
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Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
For a more formal dining experience, Riviera Restaurant is the hotel’s Mediterranean focused menu with a nice selection of fresh pastas, seafood and classic dishes such as osso buco.
—Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
From osso buco and pork Milanese to pasta and calzones, Prezio just keeps cooking, presenting her dishes to the world two to three times per week.
—Peter Burke, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2024
The $49 dinner with steak Oscar, osso buco or spicy salmon topped with crab at Zack’s Bistro, 900 E. Copeland Road (Interstate 30), Arlington.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 July 2024
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Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
For a more formal dining experience, Riviera Restaurant is the hotel’s Mediterranean focused menu with a nice selection of fresh pastas, seafood and classic dishes such as osso buco.
—Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
From osso buco and pork Milanese to pasta and calzones, Prezio just keeps cooking, presenting her dishes to the world two to three times per week.
—Peter Burke, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2024
The $49 dinner with steak Oscar, osso buco or spicy salmon topped with crab at Zack’s Bistro, 900 E. Copeland Road (Interstate 30), Arlington.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 July 2024
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