roast
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All you need to do is whip up a simple sauce, maybe throw on some cheese, or roast a few veggies, and voilà!
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
At least 150 million people in Europe will roast in temperatures of 35C and above on Friday, according to an AFP analysis.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
On the menu, honey-glazed lime chicken, roast sea bass, caramelised leek penne and an outrageously moreish passion fruit meringue.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
A private chef will roast asparagus and sear rib-eyes for dinner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
Last night George had eaten two plates of roast beef, veal and ham pie, carrots sweet as candy, and a mysterious dessert called meringue pudding.
From "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912" by Lauren Tarshis
It says "UK roasts again... after 29,000 lightning strikes in single night", with the Met Office issuing "red warnings – from London to Swansea and Somerset to Birmingham – over danger to life".
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Farage's profile on the site says customers could pay the Clacton MP to provide messages "for a variety of occasions, from birthdays and retirements to roasts and motivational pep talks".
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
One portion roasts down into a dense, jewel-toned ribbon to layer between the yogurt.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2026
I can take nostalgic things that people love, or don’t love, and bring them back up in a way that roasts them lightly,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
We should grab the radio and call for the plane and go home and eat a hamburger and a malt, maybe eight or ten Cokes, a steak, some roasts and pork chops....
From "The River" by Gary Paulsen
Many of Mr. Coppola’s recollections are sensory: roasted peppers, his grandma’s sizzling meatballs, a neighbor’s homemade wine sweetened with peaches—“smells and tastes that intoxicate me to this day.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
While working on the Venezuela rescue mission, Short and the other team members were recently firing up a smoker for burgers and roasted potatoes in the kitchen a floor below their conference room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
The most severe heatwave ever recorded in Europe roasted central and eastern parts of the continent on Monday as Ukraine's war-ravaged power grid struggled to cope with the shock of scorching heat.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
She uses tweezers to nestle the roasted halves on a swirl of verdant puree, then tops it off with crispy fried leaves.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
After he left, Kainene said, “He roasted a fantastic bush rat for us last week. But you would have thought it was a rack of lamb the way he went on about it.”
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The reactors at Europe's oldest nuclear plant were shut down Friday, its Swiss operator said, after the heatwave roasting Europe sent temperatures soaring in the river used for cooling.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
The powder clings beautifully to potatoes before roasting, the dried dairy helping to encourage browning while the herbs perfume every bite.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
"After a little research, I realised that nobody else is roasting coffee like this in Shetland," she said.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
At the L-shaped stone counter, furnished with fresh flowers and laboratory-like brewing equipment, the inviting baristas opine on the international bean choices from Habakuk’s Hanoi roasting partner, Flusso.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
Miss Trotter and JimmyTrotter had a skinned deer roasting on a spit.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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