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sauce

[saws] / sɔs /


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A delicious, slender bean-and-cheese burrito with no sauce at the venerable Al & Bea’s in Boyle Heights is going for six bucks and change right now when it was about $2 cheaper two years ago.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Yes, that Lee Kum Kee, the ones that invented oyster sauce.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2026

Experts say Taco Bell’s secret sauce isn’t just one flavor — the brand has achieved cultural relevance, menu innovation and compelling value that keep customers coming back.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Items like honey chicken and cilantro lime sauce proved to be popular.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

"For you, Yakhi," I said as I emptied the thick red sauce into the sink.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

Nobody wants to order mozzarella sticks anymore, they want the adventure of finding the best secret combo of mozzarella sticks dipped into various sauces in the cornucopia of a Chili’s Triple Dipper.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2026

Along with six all-beef hot dogs and six sauces, the $60 tower comes with waffle fries.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

The sauces settle into the meat and greens.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

Emma Robins, from Reading, says broccoli hidden in pesto pasta is a favourite for her three-year-old son Alfred, as well as veg pulsed into pasta sauces.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

There are no lobsters like these—simply boiled, with no fancy sauces, only melted butter and lemon, they have no equals anywhere.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

Ferrell said later that he was glad to be in the back row because it meant nobody behind him got sauced.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2026

I’m also a fan of intentionally included frico, like small crisps interspersed throughout a delicately sauced pasta or a green salad that has crunchy bits of frico all throughout for texture, color and flavor.

From Salon Mar. 15, 2025

The capers themselves are fried to create a crisp garnish for the sauced asparagus.

From Washington Times Sep. 12, 2023

Crab Louie, created with seafood from the Chesapeake and sauced with what tastes like Thousand Island dressing, is stuffed into fragile, Lilliputian cones with creamy avocado mousse.

From Washington Post Mar. 10, 2023

“Oh, every penny... but never a groat more, my lord. You’ll get the meal you bargained for, but it won’t be sauced with gratitude, and in the end it will not nourish you.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Of this generous, very pretty platter, my only sorrow was an uneven saucing, leaving one side somewhat bereft of the overall excellence.

From Seattle Times Jul. 26, 2023

Little did she know that I did, and obviously still do, find a deep, personal satisfaction with all things chopping, sauteing, saucing, cooking and roasting.

From Salon Feb. 26, 2023

Calling to me in winter are smoked squab breast with roasted chanterelles and venison paired with red cabbage and roasted squash, dishes that highlight the kitchen’s classic saucing.

From Washington Post Nov. 30, 2021

But like self-absorbed restaurant owners everywhere, I push for more, hungry for feedback about the roll I selected for the brisket sandwich or the artful saucing of the pasta in her Thermos.

From New York Times Sep. 20, 2019

"Way to your grandmother," said the loafer; "don't you come saucing of me."

From Harding's luck by H. R. (Harold Robert) Millar




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