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cooking

[kook-ing] / ˈkʊk ɪŋ /
NOUN
food preparation
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ADJECTIVE
going on
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Make the most of fresh herbs: If you enjoyed Danny Palumbo’s deep dive into the secrets of making a better potato salad, here’s another summer cooking tip for you.

From Slate Aug. 6, 2026

"It is not little kitchens and pots boiling away, mimsy little things being placed on plates. He is cooking with fire... he stands there in his leather apron and it's roaring like fireworks," Coren said.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

What is strange is the air of grim discovery around it, as though the pleasures of cooking with recognizable ingredients had only recently been recovered from a hostile laboratory.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

The series emanates a sense of urgency without cooking up abnormally dramatic situations.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

It didn’t take long to find out that I knew absolutely nothing about cooking.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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