potatoes

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Yes, Wintour ate rare steak and potatoes from a nearby restaurant.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

The drippings, on that first night, don’t go to waste: they’re coaxed into something worthy of the occasion, slicked over potatoes or spooned onto rice, greener and more herb-laced than you might expect.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

In “The Caribbean Cookbook,” the starch is either rice or “ground provisions,” the Anglophone term for yams, sweet potatoes, plantains, breadfruit and other staples.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

He grew potatoes, kept bees, made maple syrup and taught school three months each year.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

If there were no potatoes, not any, how would we plant the eyes next year?

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff