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Parmentier
Pronunciation: [par-mawn-TYAY]
A culinary term referring to dishes garnished or made with potatoes. This designator honors Frenchman Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, an 18th-century French botanist who devoted his lifetime to promoting the potato's attributes and who persuaded Louis XVI to encourage the cultivation of potatoes.
From The Food Lover's Companion, Fourth edition by Sharon Tyler Herbst and Ron Herbst. Copyright © 2007, 2001, 1995, 1990 by Barron's Educational Series, Inc.
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