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Think cheesy, saucy chicken parm or classic pepperoni pizza drizzled with hot honey—even surf-and-turf is on the menu.—Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026 Roberts recommends the Dream Big Farms mushroom appetizer, while Byrd calls out the hot honey and pepperoni pizza.—Trudy Haywood Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2026 Bar bites including pepperoni chips, personal pies and signature hot chicken wings are also $8 a pop.—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2026 Attendees also get bubbles and pepperoni rolls to snack on before the big drop.—Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pepperoni
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Etymology
Italian peperoni cayenne peppers, plural of peperone, augmentative of pepe pepper, from Latin piper — more at pepper