saucepan

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"It could be a person, it could be an animal, a flower, a film, a photograph in the newspaper, just anything. A saucepan in the kitchen, boiling, you know, the steam coming…"

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

I melted a knob of butter in a small saucepan, then a spoonful of the dried leaves.

From Salon • Aug. 26, 2025

In the stubborn memory of a perfect saucepan.

From Salon • May 12, 2025

A perfect saucepan, finally within reach, but only because the world has ended.

From Salon • May 12, 2025

He taught me how to eat avocados by melting grape jelly and french dressing together in a saucepan and filling the cup of the pear with the garnet sauce.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath