Front | olla podrida \OL-uh puh-DREE-duh, po-THREE-thah\ |
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Back | noun 1. A stew of highly seasoned meat and vegetables. 2. An assorted mixture; a miscellany. [Spanish : olla, + podrida, feminine of podrido, rotten (from Latin putridus).] "Alice Randall's collection of cookbooks is formidable, an olla podrida of Junior League and soul food cookbooks and classics like The Joy of Cooking." - Penelope Green; What Matters Most; The New York Times; Sep 16, 2009. |
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