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: a usually earthenware dish in which foods are cooked and served
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: a mixture of chopped meat, fish, or vegetables cooked and served in a terrine
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Terrazzo slabs of terrine with good brown bread and a hillock of cornichons.
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The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
For someone looking to entertain this fall, this Hearth & Hand with Magnolia terrine is a beautiful tabletop addition for serving pasta, soups, and other hearty dishes.
—Rachel Trujillo, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The shrimp were slip minus salinity; the terrine all richness, no depth.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 27 July 2025
The meal opens with scallop terrine—delicately topped with fennel crudités, sour onions, and apple—followed by a rich Greenlandic snow crab bisque.
—Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2025
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The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
For someone looking to entertain this fall, this Hearth & Hand with Magnolia terrine is a beautiful tabletop addition for serving pasta, soups, and other hearty dishes.
—Rachel Trujillo, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The shrimp were slip minus salinity; the terrine all richness, no depth.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 27 July 2025
The meal opens with scallop terrine—delicately topped with fennel crudités, sour onions, and apple—followed by a rich Greenlandic snow crab bisque.
—Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2025
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“Terrine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terrine. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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