plural tuiles
: a French wafer-like cookie made chiefly with flour, egg whites, sugar, and butter and shaped while warm into a curved or rolled form
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For dessert, customers can dine on treats like an orange blossom saffron olive oil cake for $11 (complete with black walnut tuile and strawberry coulis).
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Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025
Expect squid ink tuile, risotto infused with langoustine bisque, pulled veal cheek, and a show-stopping dessert of sous-vide rhubarb and chocolate cremeux—finished with a warm Aperol.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Appetizer course comes with two options: a winter tasting plate comprised of wild venison, goat cheese panna cotta, and beetroot with prosciutto crumb, or crayfish bisque with saffron creme and black coral tuile.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 July 2025
Cozy up with warm plates, including black truffle soup with celeriac purée and parmesan tuile; and goat cheese ravioli with fromage blanc and English spinach.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
The test is: Give me the definitions of toile, tulle, tool, tuile, toyle, and toil.
—Mel Studach, Architectural Digest, 1 Nov. 2024
The judges loved the smoky-sweet balance, as well as the toasty-salty crunch the tuile provided.
—Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 19 June 2024
That sumac tuile Charbel made lives in my mind rent-free.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 May 2024
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Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025
Expect squid ink tuile, risotto infused with langoustine bisque, pulled veal cheek, and a show-stopping dessert of sous-vide rhubarb and chocolate cremeux—finished with a warm Aperol.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Appetizer course comes with two options: a winter tasting plate comprised of wild venison, goat cheese panna cotta, and beetroot with prosciutto crumb, or crayfish bisque with saffron creme and black coral tuile.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 July 2025
Cozy up with warm plates, including black truffle soup with celeriac purée and parmesan tuile; and goat cheese ravioli with fromage blanc and English spinach.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
The test is: Give me the definitions of toile, tulle, tool, tuile, toyle, and toil.
—Mel Studach, Architectural Digest, 1 Nov. 2024
The judges loved the smoky-sweet balance, as well as the toasty-salty crunch the tuile provided.
—Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 19 June 2024
That sumac tuile Charbel made lives in my mind rent-free.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 May 2024
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“Tuile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tuile. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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