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sauce

[saws] / sɔs /


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One is for quail in rose petal sauce, which Crook made for his girlfriend at the time, whose name was Clea.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

It serves a concise but delectable menu until 4 a.m. from Thursday to Saturday—including noodles in spicy peanut sauce, a succulent shrimp spring roll, and fresh cucumber garnished with homemade chili paste.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

The secret sauce of the economy has been an explosion in business investment.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Many chefs have even created their own versions, replacing the original’s rethermalized ground beef and nacho cheese sauce with fussed-over ingredients like pernil, bulgogi, birria and scratchmade salsas or sauces.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

My hand still had sauce all over it.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

They appear in sauces, salads, and cocktails, and even serve as colorful seasonal decorations.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

They have a great all-you-can-eat menu with really great meats and an assortment of sauces and condiments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Choi’s advice was to go the other direction: blister them, puree them, drown them in vinegar or chili, add something sweet, blend them into sauces, make them taste like the foods you already crave.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

The No. 2 U.S. burger chain by sales has charged its corporate chef with upgrading the sauces, buns and packaging for its food.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

By then the chef had exposed me to the exciting flavors and sauces of French cuisine, and I’d developed a taste for them.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

Ferrell said later that he was glad to be in the back row because it meant nobody behind him got sauced.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

The capers themselves are fried to create a crisp garnish for the sauced asparagus.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 12, 2023

Riding the wave of an obsessive interest in all forms of fried chicken, crispy chicken skins are the base for nachos at pop-ups, and sauced and spiced as appetizers in restaurants.

From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2022

Shingle a quarter of the eggplant on top of each sauced roll, 3 to 4 slices.

From Washington Post ● May 25, 2022

"That was good, but now I'd like a leg of Iamb. A whole leg, Just for me, sauced with mint and honey and cloves. Did you see any lambs?"

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Of this generous, very pretty platter, my only sorrow was an uneven saucing, leaving one side somewhat bereft of the overall excellence.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2023

How does one cram the time capsule of an entire seasoning and saucing life into a 32-quart Igloo?

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2022

Ms. Sarikaya laughed and then the two of them discussed whether to blanch noodles before saucing them; Ms. Olsen prefers a quick boil, while Ms. Sarikaya worries that it will leave the noddles too watery.

From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2017

But for the last couple of weeks, two guys known for making pizzas in Altadena have been frying and saucing excellent chicken wings out of a corner of the store. 

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2016

At this present we have Dan Morgan's fish to fry, and sitting here saucing this devil's mess of a supper with thoughts of private revenge will never fry it.

From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Francis Lynde


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