Both Uses of
Brussels
in
Not Without My Daughter
- A successful marketing foray produced the first Brussels sprouts I had found in Iran and I combined them with leeks and carrots, braising them lightly.†
*Brussels = the capital and largest city of Belgium
- Finally, she took her plate from the table and sat on the dining room floor, cackling with delight over the Brussels sprouts, calling them "Betty's little cabbages.†
Definition:
the capital and largest city of Belgium; seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and one of two European Union Parliament buildings