Lyonnaise
Appearance
Lyonnaise may refer to:
- A person, or, "in the style of (something)", from Lyon, France (also: Lyonnais).[1]
- An adjective, meaning "cooked with onions" or "with caramelized onions", as in "potatoes lyonnaise", "sauce lyonnaise", or "cardons à la lyonnaise".[2]
- A colloquial name for an official form of the game of pétanque, in France, also called sport-boules, jeu national, or la boule lyonnaise.[3]
- A silverplate cutlery pattern, also called "Eastlake", which debuted in 1879 manufactured by at least four different companies: Holmes and Edwards, Toronto Silverplate, Aurora Plate and James W. Tufts. In some examples, the bird in the pattern design is exchanged for a squirrel.
- Lyonnaise (grape), another name for the Swiss wine grape Räuschling
Sources
- ^ The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, 2000.
- ^ Larousse Gastronomique, English Edition, 1995.
- ^ Fr.Wikipédia: Lyonnaise