cook

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Whenever I have a long day at work, or don’t have the energy to cook, this recipe always has my back and has dinner on my plate in less than 30 minutes.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

I only had to tell him — we were talking about making the food — I said to him we could cook some secreto pork.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

To be sure, there are other ways to cook up those spots, but they require high temperatures the rock probably never experienced.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

From early uses of fire to cook food and shape landscapes to modern systems like industrial agriculture, global trade, and rapidly growing cities, societies have developed powerful tools and institutions.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

It often took all day to create every meal from scratch, laboring in a hot kitchen to cook enough sustenance to support dawn- to-dusk physical labor.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson