There is a small bird called the ortolan, which is highly esteemed by the Italian gourmands. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession] Reference
The ortolan is a copper-breasted bird that migrates from Africa to Europe. From Wordnik.com. [TREND HUNTER - The Latest Trends] Reference
"ortolan" -- is also found in the same markets with the canvas-back. From Wordnik.com. [The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire] Reference
"The team deserve all the praise they get," said L'ortolan's owner Peter Newman, who was first awarded the status in 2002. From Wordnik.com. [getreading - Reading Post - RSS feed] Reference
Could you eat ortolan or escargot or lobster without disgracing yourself?. From Wordnik.com. [The Gates Of Sleep]
Another of the foods mentioned in the Devil's Pinic is the ortolan, a now endangered bird. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-01-01] Reference
She stared, rubbed her eyes, stared again, looked about, and could find nothing but the ortolan feathers. From Wordnik.com. [Willis the Pilot] Reference
The poet might himself be an endangered species, like the ortolan, as well as a generous "grain-scatterer" like the corn-bunting. From Wordnik.com. [Poem of the week: A Trace of Wings by Edwin Morgan] Reference
For example, we have scores of vegetarian recipes, plus many recipes for fennel, pork chops and salmon–alas, tputnam, no ortolan yet. From Wordnik.com. [Are These Recipes Keepers? - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
If you want to order bécasse or ortolan the next time you dine in Vilnius, you'll find this French - Lithuanian online dictionary useful. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-10-01] Reference
Diner's delight: But hunting the tiny ortolan (pictured) is illegal. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
It's not illegal to eat an ortolan, but it is illegal to trap or sell one. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
Amongst these may be mentioned the blue-throated warbler, ortolan bunting. From Wordnik.com. [Peeps at Many Lands: Norway] Reference
Bougrain-Dubourg, set free 80 birds round here, the heart of ortolan-hunting territory. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
When I request an ortolan in a number of Landes 'restaurants, I am firmly told they are no longer on the menu. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
But the hunt has gone on unabated; ortolan numbers have plummeted by as much as 30 per cent in the past 13 years. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
The meal was arranged by none other than Henri Emmanuelli - the politician now speaking out in defence of the ortolan hunt. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
In 2007, the French government promised to abide by the EU directive protecting the ortolan, with a zero-tolerance approach. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
Once the ortolan has been fattened to bursting point, it is drowned in Armagnac, the brandy that is another speciality of the region. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
They stuck to a single ortolan - one is considered an indulgent enough pleasure - but the dying former president reached for another. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
"You folks interested in a feature on the ortolan?. From Wordnik.com. ['The Imperfectionists'] Reference
Monsieur Grossi! stop, there's a most excellent ortolan on the spit for you. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of J J Rousseau]
Mmm, I want some: you won’t find ortolan on menus, you evil bird-killer, you. From Wordnik.com. [The World’s Wildest Delicacies | Impact Lab] Reference
You folks interested in a feature on the ortolan?. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman] Reference
Wonder what it would come up with for ‘ortolan’?. From Wordnik.com. [Are These Recipes Keepers? - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
De L'Omelette perished of an ortolan. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque. In Two Volumes. Vol. I] Reference
De L'Omelette perished of an ortolan. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4] Reference
Canapes of ortolan. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-02-01] Reference
Like the whole ritual for the ortolan. From Wordnik.com. [How Now Brownpau] Reference
An ortolan. From Wordnik.com. [Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning] Reference
"You don't want the ortolan?". From Wordnik.com. ['The Imperfectionists'] Reference
"Gentlemen, here is an ortolan pie. From Wordnik.com. [The Rifle Rangers] Reference
May I send your lordship an ortolan? ". From Wordnik.com. [Pelham — Complete] Reference
So far as I know, it may be the famous ortolan. ". From Wordnik.com. [The old plantation : how we lived in great house and cabin before the war,] Reference
Check how we’re supposed to eat “les ortolans”: http://www.coldbacon.com/food/ortolan.html. From Wordnik.com. [Frog’s legs] Reference
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