salt and pepper

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Stir it with lemon juice, garlic, olive oil and a lot of salt and pepper, and you have a dip that works with vegetables, chips, roasted potatoes—anything, really.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

The following year, Barker staged the auction of everything inside the chemist-themed restaurant—butterfly paintings, glass vial salt and pepper shakers, and aspirin-shaped bar stools—all made by Hirst.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

"Bella has been making eggy bread and cheese toasties, and salt and pepper chicken."

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2025

Boiled Swiss chard, simply seasoned with salt and pepper, is a staple side dish in my kitchen in autumn.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

Talk about “integrated”! It was like salt and pepper.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey