How to Use fiddlehead in a Sentence

fiddlehead

noun

• As an indoor tree, olives are less in-your-face than decor’s current darling, the fiddlehead fern.
  — Kim Cook, The Denver Post, 28 Apr. 2017
• Dredge the fiddleheads in the remaining ¼ cup of cornstarch and shake off the excess.
  — Sarah Fritsche, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 May 2018
• Leg of lamb with fiddlehead ferns took on an exotic, earthy sweetness from a gluten-free sauce thickened with pureed red rice.
  — Craig Laban, Philly.com, 9 Dec. 2017
• Hazel and her father make dandelion kimchi and fiddlehead soup.
  — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2018
• Wild greens such as fiddlehead, fireweed, nettle, seaweed and sourdock are also high in fiber.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 3 Sep. 2019
• When cooked properly, young bracken fronds, called fiddleheads, are a delicacy in many countries.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 13 July 2018
• Then the big trumpet mushrooms with fiddleheads, another spring specialty.
  — Sarah Fritsche, SFChronicle.com, 17 June 2018
• Watch and listen for wildlife as the garden’s weeping Higan cherry trees sway in the wind along the pond, and follow the path of camellias, artfully pruned pine trees and fiddlehead ferns.
  — Maya Salam, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2020
• Its chef, Shiruhisa-san, is known for his ornate kushikatsu twists, like prawns twined around fiddleheads, butterbur wrapped delicately in tofu, and shiso leaves with flaky whitefish.
  — Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Nov. 2019
• And now, mid-pandemic, a dinner plate of snails garnished with fiddlehead ferns — a dish Pyles’ team once served at an exclusive tasting room named Fauna — seems like a joke.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 22 July 2020
• Philadelphia chef Michael Solomonov has offered gefilte fish escabeche with fiddleheads and artichokes as a Passover special.
  — Lucette Lagnado, WSJ, 18 Sep. 2017
• Chefs and home cooks alike have embraced the art of pickling, experimenting with unconventional ingredients like fiddlehead ferns and green strawberries.
  — Literary Hub, 31 Mar. 2026
• Black / Brown Chocolate cosmos, pincushion plant, amaranth, fiddleheads, and agonis are all incredible together—a bit moody, yes, but not too somber.
  — Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 12 Feb. 2020
• The chef, Jason Aldous, forages and then finesses hyper-fresh ingredients — fiddlehead ferns, ramps, organic duck eggs, local oysters — into dishes that highlight the crisp brine of the waters and earthiness of the terroir.
  — Amy Tara Koch, New York Times, 23 June 2017