How to Use cioppino in a Sentence

cioppino

noun
  • Once the fish has been added and cooked, the cioppino is ready to serve.
    Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025
  • And for that, look no further than cioppino.
    Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Green juice, fish tacos, chicken adobo, cioppino, and kale chips.
    Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 15 Apr. 2019
  • My favorite thing to order is their cioppino soup and quinoa cake.
    Ella Riley-Adams, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2019
  • The café sold items ranging from cioppino to sautéed scallops to oysters on the shell.
    Samantha Gowen, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Tales of cioppino’s evolution call to mind the stone soup folk story.
    Martha Cheng, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Also on the menu is the hearty cioppino — the classic fish stew with a variety of seafood bathed in a tomatoey broth.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Other options are prime steaks and house specials such as a porchetta chop for two, cioppino and a veal parmesan chop.
    Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 23 May 2025
  • Start with a dozen local oysters before digging into the hearty cioppino.
    Becky Duffett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Big hunks of overcooked fish marred a take on cioppino with saffron rouille; the dish looks to have already rotated off the menu.
    Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Tadich Grill’s crisp white tablecloths, bubbling bowls of cioppino and cold martinis will have to wait.
    Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com, 30 July 2020
  • Don’t miss oysters on the half shell, cioppino, and their special Moonstone chowder.
    Ali Wunderman, Forbes, 16 June 2021
  • Pair either with Dungeness crab, cioppino or scallops with crab risotto.
    Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • There's also a refined cioppino and a lovely lamb shank served with a classic bordelaise.
    Keith Pandolfi, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The spirit of cioppino is slap-dash; sailors used to construct it while away at sea from whatever their nets might snag on a morning cast.
    Bill St. John, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2020
  • Among his favorites are her risotto, cioppino and an earthy dish of farrow, butternut squash and bacon that bakes in the oven.
    Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Oct. 2021
  • For $30, enjoy a three course meal with dishes such as Mahi ceviche, cioppino, apple strudel a la mode and more.
    Lauren Delgado, OrlandoSentinel.com, 2 Aug. 2017
  • Items include East Coast dishes like clams casino, cioppino and Sunday gravy.
    Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 3 Dec. 2020
  • From the heart of Little Italy to the dock of the Bay, cioppino is a rich seafood stew with serious staying power.
    Becky Duffett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • For the second course, Sigler says go with a big cioppino or his oyster stew (see accompanying recipe), paired with a few baguettes for sopping.
    Special To The Oregonian, OregonLive.com, 9 Dec. 2017
  • Other favorites include veal piccata, chicken marsala and cioppino.
    Jennifer McClellan, azcentral, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Lines run long to get a table for their legendary fish and chips in the summer and cioppino in winter, featuring half a crab dropped into a buttery, garlicky broth.
    Becky Duffett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The rest of the menu is a mix of eclectic dishes and flavors, including Thai mussels, cioppino, and roasted chicken vindaloo.
    Erinne Magee, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2022
  • This elegant establishment has an expansive menu with shrimp and clam linguine, cioppino, and steaks seared to perfection.
    Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Time your Bite30 meal right for some extra ambiance to go with your Mahi ceviche, cioppino and Grand Marnier mousse.
    Lauren Delgado, OrlandoSentinel.com, 1 June 2017
  • Lobster cioppino, a San Francisco fish stew chock-full of shellfish bobbing in a layered tomato saffron broth.
    Allyson Reedy, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2017
  • At one point Susan Regis ran the kitchen and made small pizzas, including one topped with lobster, and a rosy cioppino brimming with local seafood.
    Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2018
  • 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
  • On the dinner menu are Serina’s Seasonal Salad, beef or vegetable lasagna, cioppino and dessert.
    Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 6 July 2021
  • Gambas al ajillo, a Spanish garlic shrimp dish, will take on Bay Area character with a sauce more similar to cioppino.
    Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Jan. 2023

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