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approach, fashion, form, how, manner, method, methodology, strategy, style, system, tack, tactics, technique, way
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Scale and get a printer-friendly version of the recipe here. — Joe Yonan, Washington Post, "When the summer slows you down, this cold avocado soup will pick you up," 14 July 2019 Tired of cocktail recipes that call for expensive, obscure bottles and fancy-pants techniques? — Al Culliton, Bon Appétit, "Rum + Sugar + Lime = 3 Perfect Summer Cocktails," 13 July 2019 All of the recipes are gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free and vegan. — courant.com, "Community News For The Farmington Valley Edition," 6 July 2019 After Gram passed away peacefully in her sleep at age 89, my mother inherited her book of handwritten recipes. — Susan Carpenter, BostonGlobe.com, "Memories of picking blueberries with my grandmother," 5 July 2019 Fajitas were one of the recipes the team wanted to spend time on. — Jennifer Bolton, Houston Chronicle, "League City barbecue restaurateurs’ latest venture: Mexican cantina," 2 July 2019 But in a twist, Bayless, a frequent guest to the Lit Fest stage, his daughter and her husband, will do dramatic readings of the recipes demoed. — Grace Wong, chicagotribune.com, "Printer's Row Lit Fest features all-star cooking demos and author talks," 6 June 2019 Then, there are all the incredible 4th of July recipes to make. — Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, "Is McDonald's Open on the 4th of July in 2019?," 5 June 2019 These grain gurus could, quite literally, spend their whole careers tasting, testing, and torturing themselves in pursuit of the perfect recipe. — Andrew Daniels, Popular Mechanics, "Here Comes the World’s First AI-Generated Whisky," 10 May 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'recipe.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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When a Recipe Was a ‘Receipt’
When a Recipe Was a ‘Receipt’
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