On Behalf Of George Nelson > It is a relief to find out what entrecôte was. Could not > find it in an old > Webster's Collegiate, had no Larousse Gastronomique and it > was not in my A little off topic but some of you might find this little app handy. GuruNet. Press the Alt key and click on any word in _any_ window. (Don't know if there's unix or Mac versions...) Not too informative on entrecôte, but turned up this: en·tre·côte (äN'tr?-kot') n. A cut of steak taken from between the ribs. This is a free information service and really a nice little app. Check out http://www.gurunet.com/ if interested. Riley