starch

Think of the logic of salt-and-vinegar potato chips: starch loves that sharp little counterpoint.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

The results suggest that starch in these varieties is broken down more slowly, allowing glucose to enter the bloodstream more gradually.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

Another standout ingredient in the batter is rice flour, which has a high starch content and creates a very light texture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

“It just kind of took the starch out of everything,” said Aron Wellman, managing partner of Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, co-owner of the 4-year-old colt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

Eating was still skimpy, but I had now adjusted myself to the starch, lard, and greens diet.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

But acrylamide is also a totally natural byproduct of cooking starches.

From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026

They are typically made with refined fats, oils, sugars, starches, salts, and other additives designed to improve flavor, texture, and shelf life, often while lowering nutritional quality.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

In boiling water, the vegetable’s starches begin to convert to sugars, bringing out a natural sweetness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025

For now, instead of lab-grown ingredients, Jakub is using starches and proteins from naturally occurring fungi to develop his recipes.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2025

I was supposed to be on this diet where you eat a lot of starches and crap, to gain weight and all, but I didn't ever do it.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

Shaking out the bedding provided in a brown paper bag, I watched my fellow passengers make up their berths, tucking in starched sheets with the ease of seasoned travelers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025

The other side of the detective’s profile has him strolling between the starched propriety of upper-class society and the sooty underbelly, doing rich men’s dirty work.

From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2025

“Kids are now wearing their botas to school or their tejanas and starched jeans.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024

“Plastics,” he’s told by Mr. McGuire, the starched corporate executive who offers the advice.

From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2024

Each sleeve of his starched shirt protruded the same amount from the coat, just enough to show the matched cuff links, gleaming silver.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

Every day, he’d get up at 6 a.m., pop his oldies tape in his cassette player, pull down the ironing board built into the wall of his 1920s childhood home and start starching.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2023

There he would be, relaxing in front of Match of the Day, while methodically folding his charcoal cashmere jumpers and starching his blue shirts.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 5, 2019

An exhausted woman in an Arizona State sweatshirt inspects my shirt for proper starching before handing me a questionnaire in which I am asked to detail my gastrointestinal health:

From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2017

Or it could mean a Kangol hat, some Cazal shades, ultra-baggy pants or Adidas with fat laces that required stretching, starching and pressing to perfect the look.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 24, 2015

It was tiresome wearing the same dress every day that I worked, starching up the collar and dab-washing the armpits every night so it would be dry by the next morning.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu