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Recent Examples of fritters
This waterfront favorite sits on a natural cove just below Cap Maison and serves up seafood classics like fish & chips, plus regional hits including creole fish stew with curry and island conch fritters with chili mango chutney.
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Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2026
Be sure to make a reservation or risk missing out on savoring conch fritters and the signature pulled pork burger.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2026
With a foreword by fellow Oaklander and Native American author Tommy Orange, Wahpepah’s book invites readers to a pre-colonial cuisine of bison roast with chokeberry rub, acorn muffins and wild rice fritters stuffed with apples, cranberries, pepita crema and much more.
—Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
For dessert, sample the apple fritters and fruit tarts.
—Catherine Sabino, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
The region’s North African influences (Tunisia lies just across the coast) are acutely manifest in its cuisine—San Vito Lo Capo hosts an annual couscous festival and chickpea fritters, pistachios, and spices such as saffron and cinnamon feature across many of its restaurants’ menus.
—Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2026
In the Netherlands, Oliebollen, doughnut-like fritters stuffed with apples, are a traditional Dutch New Year’s sweet.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Martha Stewart, 30 Dec. 2025
Corn fritters Corn fritters appear in the WWI cookbook as an example of a simple, wheat-saving side.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 20 Dec. 2025
The diverse menu will have more than 100 items, including multiple varieties of dosa, vegetarian and non-vegetarian curries, biryani, parotta flatbread, tandoori, sambar stew, ragi mudde balls, soups, steamed idli rice cakes, machurian, medu vada fritters, pongal and more.
—Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 16 Dec. 2025
Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2026
Be sure to make a reservation or risk missing out on savoring conch fritters and the signature pulled pork burger.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2026
With a foreword by fellow Oaklander and Native American author Tommy Orange, Wahpepah’s book invites readers to a pre-colonial cuisine of bison roast with chokeberry rub, acorn muffins and wild rice fritters stuffed with apples, cranberries, pepita crema and much more.
—Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
For dessert, sample the apple fritters and fruit tarts.
—Catherine Sabino, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
The region’s North African influences (Tunisia lies just across the coast) are acutely manifest in its cuisine—San Vito Lo Capo hosts an annual couscous festival and chickpea fritters, pistachios, and spices such as saffron and cinnamon feature across many of its restaurants’ menus.
—Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2026
In the Netherlands, Oliebollen, doughnut-like fritters stuffed with apples, are a traditional Dutch New Year’s sweet.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Martha Stewart, 30 Dec. 2025
Corn fritters Corn fritters appear in the WWI cookbook as an example of a simple, wheat-saving side.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 20 Dec. 2025
The diverse menu will have more than 100 items, including multiple varieties of dosa, vegetarian and non-vegetarian curries, biryani, parotta flatbread, tandoori, sambar stew, ragi mudde balls, soups, steamed idli rice cakes, machurian, medu vada fritters, pongal and more.
—Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 16 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fritters
Noun
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These mini cakes are perfect for little hands.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
1 Mar. 2026
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The show, sponsored by the Chinese American Club, also featured raffle prizes, box lunches, red bean cakes and traditional red envelopes containing crisp $2 bills for luck and prosperity.—
Daniella Walsh,
Oc Register,
1 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Make the patties as directed, then freeze them.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
1 Mar. 2026
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Closed This casual restaurant is known for its customizable burgers made with never-frozen beef patties.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
28 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Some of the country’s most traditional dishes, from croquettes to red mullet fish to eggplant and squid, are fried in extra virgin olive oil.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Feb. 2026
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The Serving Spoon is famed for its generous helpings of golden catfish, salmon croquettes and daily specials like oxtails on Wednesdays and shrimp and grits on the weekends.—
Angela Osorio,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Fritters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fritters. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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