chewy
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Spicy, sweet and curiously chewy, Chinese latiao -- literally "spicy strips" -- are made by cooking wheat flour dough at a high temperature and pressure.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
The result is crusty, chewy and deeply satisfying — exactly the kind of bread that begs for a puddle of olive oil and a sprinkle of flaky salt.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Neither chewy, gooey nor crumbly, it was a grown-up way for me to get my chocolate fix—dessert and mouth freshener in one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
Greasy, salty, chewy and—as Richard Wilbur wrote of the potato—“beautiful only to hunger,” they simply taste good.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
Mami put pumpkin in the chickpeas, and I munched into it, expecting it to be hard and chewy but discovered that it melted in my mouth.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
Their dollars are flowing to niche names with more cultural cachet, from fancy new protein bars to chewier candy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2025
Grandma was from Harbin, China and made dumplings in true northern Chinese style, with thicker, chewier skins.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2023
Mrs Cole said it took her 40 minutes to cook and was therefore tougher and chewier.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2023
Mary Ellen’s advice: Don’t roll out the dough too thin, because a thicker cookie will be softer and chewier.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 26, 2022
Sweet Potato Biscuits are sweeter and chewier than the baking powder variety eaten elsewhere.
From The Perdue Chicken Cookbook by Mitzi Perdue
The lobster is pleasantly oceanic-tasting and then, sadly, the chewiest I’ve ever encountered, chewing and chewing like a wad of seafood-flavored bubble gum.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
"Oh, I think this one is the chewiest," said my dad, waving around a chocolate chip.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2021
The chewiest, knottiest song here is the title track, which concludes the album, a six-minute meditation that feels designed, after a half-hour of reckoning, to be inconclusive.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2020
Mr. Lamar’s “good kid, m.A.A.d. city” is as much of a slog as any great album in recent memory and probably the chewiest major-label hip-hop album in more than a decade.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2012
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