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skillet

[skil-it] / ˈskɪl ɪt /
NOUN
griddle
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If you do not own a bacon press, use a smaller heavy skillet, a foil-wrapped kitchen brick or simply a spatula and some patience.

From Salon Sep. 14, 2026

I did the same: three dishes for lunch on my own, a whole fried fish in a sweet-tart sauce, braised pork in a clay pot, and tofu in a sizzling skillet.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

Consumers started cooking for themselves more, and sales of its bestselling 10.25-inch skillet, typically selling for $29.95, spiked.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Roll it out cinnamon-roll style, spread with cream cheese, Parmesan, herbs and hot giardiniera, then coil, slice and nestle the spirals together in a buttered skillet.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

The demon howls as its skin sizzles like water thrown on a hot skillet.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

When it tested swapping in cornbread skillets for its original muffins in a handful of locations in early 2024, some diners balked.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 25, 2025

She scrubs all manner of kitchenware: trays, pans, cooking sheets, plates, skillets.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 20, 2025

It seemed like a really cozy ritual, one I was thinking about recently after I stumbled upon a few 3.5-inch Lodge cast iron skillets at a resale store.

From Salon Jul. 23, 2022

But there’s the 2017 “Hello! My Name is Tasty” cookbook to put myself back in those days, picturing my now-big kids as their younger selves delighting in skillets of shakshuka and plates of chocolate-potato doughnuts.

From Seattle Times May 31, 2022

“Buddy, pick up them skillets and put ’em in the sink,” the mother said.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright




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