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A lemonless macaroni soup in “The Modern Cook,” by the Victorian chef Charles Elmé Francatelli, is inexplicably called “lemony” and gets a “remapping” with 2 tablespoons of lemon juice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Twenty grams of high-fat cream is about 1.4 tablespoons of heavy whipping cream.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2025

Every year there is the faintly absurd recipe of a dollop of briefing, several tablespoons of speculation and a sprinkling of leaks.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

Beyond that, though, there’s a subtler set of talents, the ones that can’t be measured in tablespoons or minutes.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2025

Put two tablespoons of oats in the water, not three!”

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer