flour

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Sybilla Masters, who lived in colonial Pennsylvania, invented machinery that mechanized the time-consuming, arduous task of pounding corn by hand into usable meal or flour.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Begin with a modest roux — butter and flour, cooked together until they smell faintly nutty.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

Brazil’s coffee-growing monoculture left much of the country dependent on imported food, particularly white flour from the slave-worked mills of Richmond, which in turn encouraged the development of new capital-intensive wheat plantations in Virginia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Both companies and other food firms, are legally obliged to maintain strategic reserves of critical items, such as flour, sugar and cooking oils.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Barry asked, brushing some flour from Mom’s sleeve.

From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis