cioppino

[ chuh-pee-noh; Italian chawp-pee-naw ]

noun

, Italian Cooking.

1. a stew of fish, shellfish, tomatoes, and seasonings.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cioppino¹

1935–40; apparently < dialectal Italian

Example Sentences

My fellow Slatesters have also noticed their favorite products disappearing from shelves: lemon pepper seasoning, frozen cioppino seafood stew, frozen yogurt, horseradish potato chips, and more.

From Slate

"You've a whole stew of data coming out this week. You don't know if the cioppino is going to be hot, mild or somewhere in between, which is why you have the market hanging around this unchanged level," said Pavlik.

From Reuters

Other honorable mentions: San Francisco sourdough, almonds, In-N-Out Burger, Dungeness crab, Napa Valley wines, acorn flour, Santa Maria tri-tip and cioppino.

From New York Times

Unfortunately, Sylwia's dish is odd and ill-conceived while Tom's "cioppino salad" is deemed overly ambitious.

From Salon

The restaurant’s best seller is probably its cioppino, a seafood stew cooked with tomatoes and red wine that was long ago devised by San Francisco’s Italian American fishermen.

From New York Times