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: food that is cooked
Do you like my cooking?
see also home cooking
: suitable or used for cooking
bought some cooking apples
cooking techniques
Cooking time is about 30 minutes.
Examples of cooking in a Sentence
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Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, a series curated by Meghan, 42, will highlight the fun of cooking, gardening, entertaining and friendship.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024
Cropper also notes that food choppers can uniformly cut everything quickly, which is extremely helpful for uniform cooking.
—Jack Byram, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Apr. 2024
Both women began their careers as actors, share an affinity for cooking, and use their platforms to advocate for mental health awareness.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 11 Apr. 2024
This is real cooking, not some heat-and-eat assembly, although Purple Carrot has those options.
—PCMAG, 10 Apr. 2024
But many other ingredients benefit from long, slow cooking, and a pot of chickpeas or beets will steam up your kitchen as pleasantly and fill your belly just as heartily as chicken or beef.
—Melissa Clark, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024
Studies show that this natural oil is made up mostly of fatty acids, like lauric acid, myristic acid, and linoleic acid, and provides a lot of benefits when used in cooking or our hair care and skincare regimens.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2024
Truth or myth: Always wash rice until the water runs clear before cooking.
—Julia Moskin, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Patrick Ryan
usa Today, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2022
The Natural & Delicious high protein, 20% Ancestral Grain recipes are made up of 60 percent animal products (pre-cooking weight), 20% organic spelt and organic oats, and 20% vegetables, fruits, vitamins, and minerals.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 22 Oct. 2022
The two men, Derek Ko and Sam Li, had responded to Zoe’s request for chaperones to accompany her on the two-block walk from her cooking-appliance store to her car.
—Sarah Belle Lin, Curbed, 8 Mar. 2022
That’s the history of rock and roll: a constant gumbo in the making, alive and cooking.
—Kenny Loggins, Vulture, 8 June 2022
For even more cooking inspiration, the Ninja Foodi Deluxe comes with a guide filled with 45 recipes, so, really, anyone in the family could turn themselves into a master chef.
—Kylee McGuigan, Popular Mechanics, 15 Nov. 2022
This was pre-cooking show on every network constantly.
—Alicia Kennedy, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Nov. 2022
Hard wheat berries require more cooking time and are chewier than the soft version.
—Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2022
More advanced models usually have additional nice-to-haves like multi-cooking functionality — many can slow cook, steam, sauté and even air fry or sous vide.
—Raena Loper, Good Housekeeping, 30 Sep. 2022
Noun
Chefs with Paddles Two annual events once again called the culinary elite into friendly competitions that have nothing to do with cooking.
—Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, a series curated by Meghan, 42, will highlight the fun of cooking, gardening, entertaining and friendship.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024
Cropper also notes that food choppers can uniformly cut everything quickly, which is extremely helpful for uniform cooking.
—Jack Byram, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Apr. 2024
Both women began their careers as actors, share an affinity for cooking, and use their platforms to advocate for mental health awareness.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 11 Apr. 2024
This is real cooking, not some heat-and-eat assembly, although Purple Carrot has those options.
—PCMAG, 10 Apr. 2024
But many other ingredients benefit from long, slow cooking, and a pot of chickpeas or beets will steam up your kitchen as pleasantly and fill your belly just as heartily as chicken or beef.
—Melissa Clark, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024
Studies show that this natural oil is made up mostly of fatty acids, like lauric acid, myristic acid, and linoleic acid, and provides a lot of benefits when used in cooking or our hair care and skincare regimens.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2024
Truth or myth: Always wash rice until the water runs clear before cooking.
—Julia Moskin, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Adjective
The Los Angeles native took off during the early days of quarantine with her wonderfully weird and specific character videos: a woman who gets turned down by her roommate mid-cooking demo, and someone who's been excluded from their family's erotic film.
—Patrick Ryan
usa Today, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2022
The Natural & Delicious high protein, 20% Ancestral Grain recipes are made up of 60 percent animal products (pre-cooking weight), 20% organic spelt and organic oats, and 20% vegetables, fruits, vitamins, and minerals.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 22 Oct. 2022
The two men, Derek Ko and Sam Li, had responded to Zoe’s request for chaperones to accompany her on the two-block walk from her cooking-appliance store to her car.
—Sarah Belle Lin, Curbed, 8 Mar. 2022
That’s the history of rock and roll: a constant gumbo in the making, alive and cooking.
—Kenny Loggins, Vulture, 8 June 2022
For even more cooking inspiration, the Ninja Foodi Deluxe comes with a guide filled with 45 recipes, so, really, anyone in the family could turn themselves into a master chef.
—Kylee McGuigan, Popular Mechanics, 15 Nov. 2022
This was pre-cooking show on every network constantly.
—Alicia Kennedy, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Nov. 2022
Hard wheat berries require more cooking time and are chewier than the soft version.
—Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2022
More advanced models usually have additional nice-to-haves like multi-cooking functionality — many can slow cook, steam, sauté and even air fry or sous vide.
—Raena Loper, Good Housekeeping, 30 Sep. 2022
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