dinner
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The excerpt below is a scene from a dinner party in which one character launches into a riff about the pervasiveness of Yotam Ottolenghi’s cookbook recipes at social gatherings.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026
Instead, she paid to see an immersive Backstreet Boys concert at the Sphere and treated herself to a fancy dinner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
I step off the restaurant’s orderly little terrace and make a slow serpentine path past makeshift dinner parties.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
The family noticed wildfire smoke from the distance while eating dinner on Friday evening.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
“What happened?” she asked, taking a seat behind her desk and pulling off the black no-nonsense heels that she always wore when someone important came for dinner.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
With life lessons learned among the bees, communal dinners, and music, King not only helps her gradually integrate into the community, but also passes on his leadership role to her.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
His informal getup, a T-shirt and shorts, contrasts with the elegant environment primed for business lunches and ostentatious dinners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Inflation is upending even casual dating, as Gen Z swaps dinners and $20 cocktails for picnics, walks and coffee runs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Because since then, I’ve found myself thinking about all the other frozen things that can elicit the same feeling: not resignation, not emergency, not the sad little archaeology of dinners past, but anticipation.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
A run-in with Albert convinced Mr. Whiskers that he’d best forget about any chicken dinners.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
