pepper
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Blend: Remove from the heat, add the cream and season with salt and pepper.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
I ping-ponged from soft cheeses to eggs and squash, then past a gelato cart and a table crowded with jams, pepper jellies and a milk carton filled with VHS tapes.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
"But these pellets are not safe. They can result in life-changing or, occasionally, life-threatening injuries. They also pepper the body with toxic lead, which can sometimes be difficult to remove safely," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Pretti’s last act had been to try to defend someone from pepper spray.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Maybe—when all the ships in port were loaded—maybe he could get pepper.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
Chipotle says it has removed jalapeños from some of its restaurants after determining the peppers could be tied to a salmonella outbreak public health officials are investigating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Food producer Taylor Farms is recalling a swathe of its fresh products containing jalapeno peppers after a salmonella outbreak.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
The salad chain’s shares tumbled after hours, but it said it doesn’t use iceberg lettuce and only uses jalapeño peppers in two dressings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Chipotle said it removed the peppers from all the restaurants where they were sent, as well as Minnesota locations.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
It writhed like a fierce, black dragon with chili peppers up its snout.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
Hundreds of robotics startups, some just a couple years old, peppered the sprawling convention centre hoping to dazzle.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
As I peppered him with questions about the pink car and the Brinks armored truck, he remained cagey while slowly yielding information.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
One side of Sahil's face and the back of his right arm are peppered with tiny holes.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
For more than an hour, attorney Marilyn Bednarski peppered L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
This beach is peppered with round stones and broken seashells.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
"Things are really taking hold," he said, before analysts started peppering him with questions about profits.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026
Their restraint with peppering the dialogue with blatant evil effectively allows the version of fear hiding behind the surface politeness of America’s nicest small towns to seep into our consciousness.
From Salon ● Dec. 8, 2025
The executive sounded undeterred by the risks of a takeover of Kenvue during his call with analysts and investors, peppering his remarks with personal anecdotes and cracks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025
Melyssa Rivas recorded community members peppering federal agents with questions about why they were chasing the man.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2025
It leaned badly and was pocked with bullet holes peppering its surface.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
