fry
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Smaller improvements — like adjusting the amount of oil used to fry chicken and tweaking other fryer settings — would go a long way across its more than 46,000 restaurants worldwide, executives said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
John gets a job as a fry cook at a restaurant called Shrimp Castle; Helen, who used to be a saleswoman at luxury shops, works on consignment for a home-goods store in an outdoor mall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
The Tiny Tim needledrops, an in-universe parody of Adam West’s Batman, the irony of its main character finding fulfillment as a fry cook — it all pointed toward Gen X’s wry, detached view of culture.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
Unlike a McNugget or a chicken fry, both of which are primarily taut pieces of dry stuff that exist as vehicles for sauce, the Cane’s version is obviously and unmistakably chicken.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
“When the oil is hot, we fry the onions in the pot,” Mamatells us.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
My B story here would be getting a single cheeseburger with french fries at the Win-Dow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
“It breaks my heart,” said Blue, who misses McDonald’s fries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Twenty-three years later, the fries are French again.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
French fries are cooked in beef tallow instead of vegetable oil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
I devoured my cheeseburger and fries even faster than Andre, who is known for inhaling his food.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Soybean oil appears in salad dressings, mayonnaise, baked goods, infant formula, snacks and fried foods; soy lecithin emulsifies chocolate and bread; and soy protein fortifies energy bars, breakfast cereals and canned soup.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
In Italy, zucchini is among the fried goodies that often start a meal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
One of the boys also hands over a Mars Bar to be deep fried - a Scottish chippy delicacy.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Thai food greeted Navarrete at the office — red curry, fried rice, drunken noodles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
"I don't want to go to school," he said, when his mother set a fried egg in front of him on Monday morning.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
The factory in Thornton-Cleveleys first start operating in the 1950s, when ICI manufactured coating for non-stick frying pans using PFOA.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
If you heat up food—by frying it in a pan, for example—it will usually form some amount of acrylamide without adding any other ingredients at all.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
It appeared as cooking oil, frying fat, shortening, salad dressing, mayonnaise and an inconspicuous ingredient in packaged foods.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
I usually prepare the batter just before frying because it comes together so easily—you just whisk the flour with lukewarm water and the egg whites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Like the frying oil exploding in the pan on the stove.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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