cook

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If you know someone isn’t a great cook, don’t expect them to pick up a spatula come breakfast time.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Each morning the nuns, some of them in their 90s, cook breakfast for the house–a variety of pancakes, eggs, sausage, fruits and juice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

“It got to the point that they were calling me in to help cook on busy days.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Pressure cook for 4 whistles on medium to high heat before turning off the stove.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

I tucked my hands into the sleeves of my robes and wandered among the tents, the animal drivers, and the fire pit, where a cook tended a thin cauldron of lentils and greens.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri