Is the group of words in bold a phrase or a clause? Although chefs typically make carpaccio, a raw meat appetizer, from beef, they can also make it from venison, salmon, or tuna.

The bold group of words "Although chefs typically make carpaccio, a raw meat appetizer, from beef" is a clause because it contains a subject ("chefs") and a verb ("make"), and it expresses a complete thought but is dependent on the main clause. This means it cannot stand alone as a complete sentence. In contrast, the phrase "a raw meat appetizer" merely provides additional information about carpaccio but lacks a subject-verb pairing that would allow it to stand as a complete thought, making it a phrase. Clauses have the power to create more dynamic sentences!