cook
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For the judges, hours spent watching contestants cook also reveal something beyond culinary ability.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
If he was sitting next to me on a plane and asking for single-parenting advice, I’d tell him to find someone to teach him how to cook.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Ultraprocessed foods are often cheaper than ingredients used to cook from scratch, and they’re often easier to access.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
And everyone says, “Ooh, yummy Ottolenghi,” and everybody goes home and does the same thing next time and it’s all a huge conspiracy to destroy people’s ability to cook.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026
The only sound I heard was the slow hissing of the tea kettle on the cook stove.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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Make the cornbread crumbs: While the squash cooks, tear the cornbread into roughly pebble-size pieces by hand, or pulse it briefly in a food processor.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
In Çekirge’s view, any link to the past, combined with habits passed from one generation of cooks to the next, make lasting change difficult.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Michelle is still eating fruits and vegetables, but only ones she cooks.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
But the gesture that surprised him most, Salazar said, may have been the time that one of Fanara’s cooks couldn’t get to work because his car’s engine blew up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Who cooks broccoli at this time of the morning?
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
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