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the means or procedure for doing something
her recipe for attaining financial security is to save money, invest wisely, and live well within her means
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Recent Examples of recipes
The Southern Cook Book Marion Brown collected nearly 1,000 traditional regional recipes from favorite restaurants, hotels, and households to compile in The Southern Cook Book.
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Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
25 June 2026
This downtown institution runs on family recipes (owner Kory Nagler is a third-generation restaurateur) and makes nearly everything from scratch, down to batters worked in an old-fashioned sourdough barrel.
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Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
There is often a Midwestern bent to Sorge’s recipes, proper for someone whose home base is Chicago.
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Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
25 June 2026
Parents are looking for activities that do more than fill the hours, and a good cooking class can hand a child real skills, real confidence and a few recipes worth making again at home.
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Lauren Schuster,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
Drawing on Dominican, Salvadoran, Mexican and Brazilian recipes for bites to accompany the drinks, Golden Drops also offers a boozy correto, combining Kahlua, Baileys and Disaronno with coffee.
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Christopher Hassiotis,
AJC.com,
18 June 2026
Cucumbers are a versatile and rewarding crop, offering abundant harvests for fresh eating, pickling, and summer recipes.
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Sj McShane,
Martha Stewart,
18 June 2026
In addition to being eaten alone, raw or cooked, cauliflower can be used in recipes.
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Ashley Olivine,
Verywell Health,
18 June 2026
The tech isn't just about recipes.
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report,
Fox News,
8 Jan. 2025
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
25 June 2026
This downtown institution runs on family recipes (owner Kory Nagler is a third-generation restaurateur) and makes nearly everything from scratch, down to batters worked in an old-fashioned sourdough barrel.
—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
There is often a Midwestern bent to Sorge’s recipes, proper for someone whose home base is Chicago.
—
Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
25 June 2026
Parents are looking for activities that do more than fill the hours, and a good cooking class can hand a child real skills, real confidence and a few recipes worth making again at home.
—
Lauren Schuster,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
Drawing on Dominican, Salvadoran, Mexican and Brazilian recipes for bites to accompany the drinks, Golden Drops also offers a boozy correto, combining Kahlua, Baileys and Disaronno with coffee.
—
Christopher Hassiotis,
AJC.com,
18 June 2026
Cucumbers are a versatile and rewarding crop, offering abundant harvests for fresh eating, pickling, and summer recipes.
—
Sj McShane,
Martha Stewart,
18 June 2026
In addition to being eaten alone, raw or cooked, cauliflower can be used in recipes.
—
Ashley Olivine,
Verywell Health,
18 June 2026
The tech isn't just about recipes.
—
Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report,
Fox News,
8 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recipes
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The finish is what sells it, and the modern methods aim to look like hair that’s always been there.
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Afterpay data published last year in Fortune found that more than half of Gen Z consumers report an aversion to credit cards, with 63% switching to alternative payment methods as a result — making BNPL the de facto checkout tool for the generation Amazon most wants to own.
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Each issue is filled with breaking news, deep insights and exclusive strategies for becoming a better traveler.
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Researchers must be willing to modify protocols and strategies to address concerns and barriers to participation.
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Relatedly, as the film's release on June 26 rapidly approaches, there's new box office tracking data out.
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The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.
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Privacy throughout the complex is achieved by the construction techniques the builder used to reduce noise transmission between floors and units.
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But it’s thoughtfully presented and gives us some useful design techniques to consider.
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Scientists routinely disclose funding resources, study methodologies and conflicts of interest.
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Despite her background, her understanding of images was not really an art historical one, although psychoanalytical methodologies of studying the history of art were emerging.
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There are no plans to continue any projects, whether that's with Netflix and books, that would talk about his family in similar ways.
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Its flavors and customs and ways of living are revealed to us over dinner or even a simple morning coffee.
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“Recipes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recipes. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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