"John dory" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... thrown into the locker, with the result that the lobster flipped its tail and splashed about furiously. But by this time there was a golden gleam in the net drawn aboard; taking his turn, Mike dragged out a grotesque-looking, big-headed John Dory, all golden-green upon its sides, and bearing the two dark marks, as if a giant finger and thumb had been imprinted upon it. This, too, with its great eyes staring, and wide mouth gaping feebly, was ...
— Cormorant Crag - A Tale of the Smuggling Days • George Manville Fenn
... di Pesce is a Bouillabaisse without any saffron. The fish and shell-fish (John Dory, red mullet, cuttle-fish, lobster, whiting, muraena, and mussels) which compose it are served on toast. The Fritto di Calamaretti is a fry of cuttle-fish in oil. Cinghiale in agro dolce is wild boar cooked in a sauce of chocolate, ...
— The Gourmet's Guide to Europe • Algernon Bastard
... A corruption of jaune dore, which is the colour of this fish. It is one of the Scombridae, Zeus faber. John Dory was also the name of ...
— The Sailor's Word-Book • William Henry Smyth |
