Citations:porkalicious

English citations of porkalicious

Adjective: "(of food, informal) delicious or tantalising because of the pork it is made from or contains"

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• 1998, Charles Passy, "The Fair Goes Hog Wild", The Palm Beach Post, 26 January 1998:

  "It's porkalicious!" exclaims fairgoer Rene Betancur, one of many regular visitors to the track.

• 2000, Rachel Kessler, "Vietnamese Sandwich Tour", The Stranger, 27 April - 3 May 2000:

  No matter where you are, a porkalicious sandwich lurks mere strides away.

• 2005, The Chowhound's Guide to the New York Tristate Area, Penguin Books (2005), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

  Polonia: lima bean stew (very thick and full of broad flat limas and slices of smoky porkalicious kielbasa, says *lintsao*).

• 2007, Martin Rubin, "1933: Movies and the New Deal in Entertainment", American Cinema of the 1930s: Themes and Variations (ed. Ina Rae Harm), Rutgers University Press (2007), →ISBN, page 107:

  Cute though they may be, pigs must serve a function: mama pigs produce little pigs, and papa pigs produce, from their own chubby carcasses, sausages and hams and all the other porkalicious products that will feed a hungry nation.

• 2009, Zagat San Francisco Bay Area Restaurants 2010 (ed. Meesha Halm), Zagat (2009), →ISBN, page 174:

  “Inspired” chef Janine Falvo “pulls food from the adjacent garden” to prepare her “whimsical”, “upscale” breakfasts, lunches and “porkalicious” dinners, […]

• 2009, Yuan-Kwan Chan, "Bacon, blues and expanding bellies at the Food Network NYC Festival", Meniscus, 12 October 2009:

  One mere whiff of the air after stepping onto the third floor of The Standard New York made the theme of the evening’s festivities instantly obvious: bacon – and lots of it, the porkalicious smell seemingly pouring out of the hotel’s tiny High Line Room.

• 2010, Kristian Knutsen, "Madison eats agenda: Chocolate at Olbrich, weekend breakfasts, Pork Off!, Ferment", Isthmus, 4 January 2010:

  Dig pig? Fans won't want to miss the Pork Off! contest put on by the REAP Food Group as a "porkalicious fundraiser" for its Farm to School program.

• 2010, Jojo Santo Tomas, "A taste of piggy heaven", Pacific Daily News, 25 March 2010:

  This is not a reflection of the BLTs out there; I'm just picky about my porkalicious pleasure.

• 2011, San Francisco Bay Area Restaurants 2012 (eds. Meesha Halm & Cynthia Kilian), Zagat (2011), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

  […] but the “fresh”, “flavorful” fare – from “porkalicious” potstickers to other “cheap” “Chinese” chow – is something “special” say supporters, adding that lines that “wrap around the block” “tell the story.”

• 2011, Angela Treharne, "Porky Blue bike race a sunny success in Fernie BC", The Free Press (Fernie, British Columbia), 4 August 2011:

  Sunny skies attracted 211 keen mountain bikers to take part in the second annual Porky Blue mountain bike ride and pig roast on Saturday.

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  “It was a porkalicious ride, and a fun event,” said Mark Gallup from the Guide’s Hut, who gave away two cruiser bikes and lots of t-shirts as prizes. Lisa Rowlands and Dustin Stuffco were the winners of the two bikes.

• 2013, Zagat New York City Restaurants 2013, unnumbered page:

  “Beautiful, tasty”, porkalicious Filipino classics “with modern flair” plus “strong” cocktails add up to a “hopping” scene at this “somewhat upscale” East Village storefront; […]

Adjective: "(US, politics, slang) featuring or exhibiting a high degree of pork (funding)"

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• 2008, "Pay-to-play politics no way to serve state", Daytona Beach News-Journal, 20 December 2008:

  Franklin Sands, the new House Democratic leader, voiced righteous indignation about the porkalicious antics of Speaker Ray Sansom.

• 2009, "Not all stimulated by stimulus bill", WANE, 17 February 2009:

  "I'm a small business owner and I have a couple of employees," says Brian Stergar of Fort Wayne. "But I don't think it's gonna do a whole heck of a lot for me." Stergar called the bill "porkalicious".