Sentence examples for platter down from inspiring English sources

At my family's Yom Kippur break fast this year, smokier, leaner wild western nova from the Pacific was beat out by the mild and richer Gaspe nova from the Atlantic, which disappeared almost as soon as I set the platter down.

The food, like the service, is old-fashioned Anglo-Italian: pasta served in bechamel sauces on stainless steel platters, washed down with Nastro Azzurro.

And none of those sexy square plates or triptychs; family-style service would be on the platters passed down over generations, some perhaps chipped.

Dishes and platters passed down through Andrea Anson's and Gordon McCollum's families fill a 19th-century Welsh dresser in the couple's New York City kitchen.

More like seven or eight: this platter weighed down the table of an extended Chinese-American family, who took in my pleading glances and offered me a bite.

Strangers sit next to one another at two communal tables while waiters set down platters of quzi (lamb shank with almonds and raisins) and masgouf (a whole freshwater fish split open and roasted).

Strangers sat next to one another at two communal tables while waiters set down platters of quzi (lamb shank with almonds and raisins) and masgouf (a whole freshwater fish split open and roasted); friends shared hookahs; and a live band, improbably squeezed into a corner, kept conversation at a playful shout.

"Happy New Year," he says with a frazzled smile as he sets down platters of General Tso's Chicken and Buddha's Delight.

My grandmother, mother and aunts would perform this wondrous ballet as they moved between the kitchen and the dining room, putting down platters of food and returning empty dishes to the kitchen to be re-enlisted for the next course.

A courtier set down a platter of almonds and baklava.

For breakfast we down a platter of arepas - thick fried cornbread pancakes - served with eggs and cheese.