fennel

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Then, following Samin Nosrat’s lead, I gave them time: an overnight dry brine of salt, brown sugar, paprika, and a little fennel powder, the surface quietly transforming while you sleep.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026

I usually get a bunch of salads and the crab and fennel soup.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026

Thin-sliced celery or carrots, fennel shaved translucent, a few slivers of red onion or scallions, even cucumbers if you’re craving something clean and cold.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025

The packaging for Molecule pills often lists "natural ingredients" such as dandelion root and fennel seed extract.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025

Like my parents, Mr. Pirzada took off his shoes before entering a room, chewed fennel seeds after meals as a digestive, drank no alcohol, for dessert dipped austere biscuits into successive cups of tea.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri