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Maisonette classics such as calf's liver saute, capon Kiev and veal with Champagne are long gone.
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Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
The Christmas Day lunch will indulge guests with courses featuring caviar, scallops, turbot, capon, cheese and chocolate!
—Sherrie Nachman, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
One to two weeks ahead: make grocery lists, order specialty foods including capon for delivery 1 week before the dinner.
—Christopher Michel, Country Living, 21 Sep. 2022
Handmade pasta shaped like knots are stuffed with pork loin, ham, Mortadella salami, Parmigiano cheese, eggs and nutmeg, and thrown in a thick capon broth.
—Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 26 Apr. 2022
Inside the Marché Beauvau, the Marché d’Aligre’s historic covered market, featuring higher-quality butchers, fishmongers, and cheese and poultry sellers, shoppers were eyeing capon, oysters and truffles for the holidays.
—New York Times, 22 Dec. 2021
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Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
The Christmas Day lunch will indulge guests with courses featuring caviar, scallops, turbot, capon, cheese and chocolate!
—Sherrie Nachman, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
One to two weeks ahead: make grocery lists, order specialty foods including capon for delivery 1 week before the dinner.
—Christopher Michel, Country Living, 21 Sep. 2022
Handmade pasta shaped like knots are stuffed with pork loin, ham, Mortadella salami, Parmigiano cheese, eggs and nutmeg, and thrown in a thick capon broth.
—Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 26 Apr. 2022
Inside the Marché Beauvau, the Marché d’Aligre’s historic covered market, featuring higher-quality butchers, fishmongers, and cheese and poultry sellers, shoppers were eyeing capon, oysters and truffles for the holidays.
—New York Times, 22 Dec. 2021
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“Capon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capon. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
Copy CitationKids Definition
capon
noun
ca·pon
ˈkÄ-ËŒpän 
-pən
: a castrated male chicken
Medical Definition
capon
noun
ca·pon
ˈkÄ-ËŒpän, -pÉ™n
: a castrated male chicken
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