chicken
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Wadadli’s jerk chicken, usually a summer craze, was doing numbers in March and April.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
‘Prawned cocktail, coronation chicken, Black Forest gateau, onion soup. Done properly, they’re all delicious. Where’s all that kind of food gone?’
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026
Timing my visit to avoid weekend crowds, I ate a dinner of chicken in tasty mole negro at Three Cultures Kitchen, which opened last year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
He said at that time that a sandwich intended to compete with Popeye’s was in the works, with “a very large hand-breaded chicken breast” that he suggested outdid rival sandwiches in size.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
“Will she add her big crush to the group? Or will she chicken out? Stay tuned.”
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
She says she lost most of her goats, 300 ducks, 300 chickens and a sizeable amount of fish, as well as the machine she used to make animal feed.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Through the first six months of this year, companies slaughtered more than 4.9 billion chickens, up 3% from the same period last year and up 6% from five years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Of course being headless chickens we can’t think much.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
Facing rising costs for fuel and feed even as demand for his chickens drops, he recently had to freeze a third of his production for the first time ever.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
He sniffed again and turned once more to the chickens.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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