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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.
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Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2024
Guests can also arrange to visit the Emerald Estate organic farm, which offers cooking classes, tree-to-bar chocolate tours, and beer tastings at the on-site microbrewery.
—Julia Eskins, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2024
For more information about the store, including its cooking class schedule, visit this webpage.
—Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2024
The project also relates back to his family and growing up in the Midwest
Gaw’s journey into cooking and his first cookbook were motivated by his father, who died in 2014 from lung cancer.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 29 May 2024
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Noun
Halve them, remove seeds or pits, then freeze for winter cooking.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2024
Guests can also arrange to visit the Emerald Estate organic farm, which offers cooking classes, tree-to-bar chocolate tours, and beer tastings at the on-site microbrewery.
—Julia Eskins, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2024
For more information about the store, including its cooking class schedule, visit this webpage.
—Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2024
The project also relates back to his family and growing up in the Midwest
Gaw’s journey into cooking and his first cookbook were motivated by his father, who died in 2014 from lung cancer.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 29 May 2024
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“Cooking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cooking. Accessed 7 Jun. 2024.
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