ranchero
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She admires the range of ranchero wear and tells me she’s looking for something fun to wear to go dancing later in the week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
The tots may get soggy under the generous application of lime crema and ranchero salsa, but you know what?
From Washington Post ● May 2, 2022
But in fact, more than shaved truffle, more than freshly peeled oranges or chocolate-cake baking, simmering ranchero sauce is the scent that I still miss and crave.
From New York Times ● May 19, 2021
“This one is the king. It gets its own sauce,” he said, ladling on something that tasted like a cross between a ranchero and an enchilada sauce.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2020
Once, she even made us a pizza with stinky ranchero cheese.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
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Helen Hunt Jackson’s 1884 bestseller, “Ramona,” about a clash among Southern California rancheros, indigenous peoples and newly arriving white settlers, helped form later literary templates of the Old West.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
The menu is full of comforting classics: scrambles, biscuits and gravy, huevos rancheros for breakfast, alongside burgers, fried chicken and tuna melts for lunch.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2023
I’m a strong advocate of eggs for dinner, especially when they are paired with rich beans and zesty sauce, as they are in classic huevos rancheros.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2023
“In food, ‘California’ has become a trendy word,” says Mailea Weger, the former chef of Echo, a “deli Californien” that in recent years popularized breakfast chorizo tacos, huevos rancheros and crispy rice bowls for Parisians.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2022
The music poured out of the record machine as high-tenored voices wavered and held, wavered and held for the passionate rancheros.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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