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Vinaigrette - Definition and Overview

The word vinaigrette (from the French language) can refer to:

  • An emulsion of vinegar (or sometimes lemon juice) and vegetable oil, often flavored with herbs, spices, and other ingredients. Vinaigrettes are used as sauces in many cuisines, and as salad dressings. This is the most common use of the word.
  • A small container with a perforated top, used to contain an aromatic substance such as vinegar or smelling salts (also called a vinegarette).
  • A bath chair.

Example Usage of Vinaigrette

LoriHobson: Our contribution: Pumpkin-filled moon pasta salad with sage Vinaigrette, herb puffs, Truchard chardonnay
SISmith89: First course- Field Greens salad with a great Vinaigrette. Second course- acorn squash soup. #thanksgivingdinner #sogood
edmondsmailbox: Time to Go Home: Maybe a Vinaigrette with mustard and lemon juice, a little pomegranate molasses if you have so.. http://bit.ly/6zInns
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