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cooking

[kook-ing] / ˈkʊk ɪŋ /
NOUN
food preparation
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ADJECTIVE
going on
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The show promises to teach Americans how to eat “real food,” presenting recognizable ingredients and home cooking as an antidote to a processed-food culture portrayed as artificial, addictive and imposed from above.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

I’d have to adjust my routine, like grocery shopping, working out and cooking, if we were to continue long term.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

Spicy, sweet and curiously chewy, Chinese latiao -- literally "spicy strips" -- are made by cooking wheat flour dough at a high temperature and pressure.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

The cooking part was over, the timers went off.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

So now we’re always helping our mother with the cooking and cleaning and even her lace making.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar




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