à la

/ah" lah, ah" leuh/; Fr. /ann lann/

1. according to; in the manner of: a short poem à la Ogden Nash.

2. Cookery.

a. prepared in the manner of, to the taste of, or by: chicken à la provençale.

b. prepared with the ingredient of. Also, a la.

[1580-90; < F: short for à la mode de in the style of]

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