| 单词 | cooking |
| 例句 | When we walk into the restaurant, Yum Li is standing next to the coatrack in his cooking clothes, which Dad calls his chef whites. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z As he dashes from house to house, ringing doorbells, his happiness reminds me of a bubbling pot of delicious lemon curd, cooking on the stovetop. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He put die three fish on the board, pushed sharpened pegs through their tails into cracks on the cooking board, and propped it next to the reddest part of the coals. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z She was cooking something and I could see the fire shining on her hair. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Tellwright took one bite, made a slight grimace, put her fork down, and said, chirpily, “Well, dear, perhaps a cooking class would be in order.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Finally, the cooking done and the house smelling of spices and sauces, Aunty Uju went upstairs to shower. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “He likes your cooking, honey,” said their dad. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z As I wandered among the stacks, I kept hoping I’d stumble upon him reading about the life of Rimbaud or searching the pages of cooking books for a great lemon meringue pie recipe. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z This means I’m often alone in the kitchen, cooking and cleaning up. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He left the apartment each evening at seven p.m. and worked a shift cooking burgers at a fast-food restaurant. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z If anyone in this awful class has an ounce of cooking experience, it’s her. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z One by one, the household tasks had been turned over to Lyddie—cooking and churning and cleaning and caring for the babies. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The smell of Wynn cooking up a heap of bacon and eggs wafted through the air when I entered the kitchen. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Even with all the stuff going on at cooking club, this little part is all my own, giving me some comfort. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Travis said in a horrible British accent, imitating his mom’s favorite cooking reality show host from the Food Network. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He laughs all through A Modest Proposal and you’d wonder what he’s laughing at when it’s all about cooking Irish babies. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I look at my clay fireplace, which I now use only for heat and cheeriness, not cooking. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z My best pal’s mom was back to her usual self, cooking away. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z While the cooking mania lasted she went through Mrs. Cornelius’s Receipt Book as if it were a mathematical exercise, working out the problems with patience and care. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z It was transmitted by cannibalism, when highland babies made the fatal mistake of licking their fingers after playing with raw brains that their mothers had just cut out of dead kuru victims awaiting cooking. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I marched toward the galley to see what they might be cooking. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z But whereas some food is kept in the filing cabinets in the office, dishes and cooking fat and vegetables are kept in glass-fronted sectional bookcases in the kitchen. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But the worst was when Rich criticized my mother’s cooking, and he didn’t even know what he had done. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z In gardening, in cooking, in naval architecture there are lots of culturally specific choices that we can make, but there are plenty of other things that simply cannot be done. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Judith and Rose chatted, but Julie’s eyes wandered around the room and she saw for the first time a gas cooking stove, a couch, framed pictures on the wall, and curtains of cotton print. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He smelt food cooking and remembered that one could not smell food cooking in Dalton’s home; pots could not be heard rattling all over the house. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z A peek through a window revealed a Remington rifle, a plastic box of shells, eight or nine paperback books, some tom jeans, cooking utensils, and an expensive backpack. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z So Mary left the other two by the riverbank, where they sat to watch the tide flooding in, and went to join Atal by the cooking fire. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z One afternoon I came home from school and cornered Mommy while she was cooking dinner. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z This was open, and was the home’s central and primary room, used for cooking, dining, gathering. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I’m still comfortably full of the rice, but whatever Mrs. Park is cooking inside smells delicious. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Monday loved Ma’s cooking, and being sick for so long, I was sure she could use something sweet. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Our hostess disappeared behind the snack counter and started cooking. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “I have supreme faith in your mother’s cooking. She can make anything taste delicious. Even those tondas.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Odors of old stone and Creole cooking and coffee filled the streets. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I could cook this curry in my sleep, but some of the girls can’t take their eyes off the bubbling pot in the mirror above the cooking area. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Corporal Snark was an intellectual snob who felt he was twenty years ahead of his time and did not enjoy cooking down to the masses. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Are they about to start cooking on the fire, I wonder? Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The air was full of cooking odors when the rocket landed. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “We need to put cooking on your biodata,” my mom yells after me. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “I’ve a lot of cooking today and there’s cleaning and sewing and all. You evidently wish to see Mr. Ttt; he’s upstairs in his study.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “And how does he—a good Jew— know what pigs smell like cooking?” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z "Maybe. My husband wasn't handsome, but he was a good man, Darnell. He loved my cooking more than you do." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z One day, a packet-ship arriving from Nova Scotia with meat, thus alleviating the city’s starvation, I purchased a salted ham-hock with Sally, and, by her side, stripped it for cooking. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I go anyway through the ankle- deep water of flooded street corners, the brown pools slicked with spectral emulsions of engine oil and cooking grease, soot and sweat. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Three fine needles of whalebone, an awl for making holes, a good stone knife for scraping hides, two cooking pots, and a small box made from a shell with many earrings in it. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked her once about it, while she was cooking, so I knew she couldn’t go anywhere. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Now, help me with the potato peels. Put them all in the dustbin, and when Mummy Ola comes back, we will tell her you helped with the cooking.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She would treat me to traditional cooking and tell me marvellous stories of her youth. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z We later discovered that plastic cooking oil caps worked much better as wheels, enabling the trucks to last much longer. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z He went back to sorting through his pack, which seemed to hold a bottomless supply of cooking utensils, survivalist gear and random sports equipment. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I could go to the farmer’s market on the Broad; I could buy venison and pancetta and spend the day cooking. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Forget the cooking next time,” he told her. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good for you,” Mom said when she saw me cooking. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z But early in the morning like this, when the janitors and the folks who do the cooking are just making their way in, the door is unlocked. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z “I doubt it. I don’t think there’s much chocolate in Pakistani cooking.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z There are no strange smells, no lingering aroma of cooking oils. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z We high-fived each other as we approached the village market, and our stomachs growled as the smell of palm oil wafted from cooking huts. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Behind him he heard Juana patting the cakes before she put them down on the clay cooking sheet. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z These officers take them to their jefe, who is cooking a pot of stew over a campfire. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z They were already cooking and I shared some fish they were grilling. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The mention of cheese grits made Mrs. woozy but I just kept cooking and serving. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z After cooking, I put them back out on the surface to freeze. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s like cooking: If you put in sugar and apples and oranges and lemons, when you eat it it’s going to be sweet. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was endless work to feed our cast-iron stove just for boiling the water, let alone cooking. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z After a few days Boori Ma moved her baskets and her cooking bucket to the rooftop as well. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Then he went into the back and brought out a can each of sulfur and saltpeter and a ten-pound bag of cooking charcoal. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He had already told Nigel many times that Nigerian cooking was not cosmetic, with all that pounding. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Tomorrow’s heavy cooking and I’ve got the church supper Saturday night and the service on Sunday When am I going to clean my own house? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The waiters stood guard over them with cooking pots. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z These skills included Cordon Bleu cooking, marksmanship, a customized blend of martial arts, emergency medicine, and information technology. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Girls in foster households took turns doing all the chores—some fetching water, others cooking or cleaning or scrubbing clothes by hand. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She makes me drag a twenty-pound bag of potatoes to cooking class. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Running from broken house to dumped cooking pot to icebox, she felt needles of fear move up her spine, spread into her arms, and pierce her whole body. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembered the brightness of the sun, the heat, all the smells of cars and food cooking, the noise, and the people. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The aroma from the cave really caught his attention—like beef stew cooking. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “When can we get to our first cooking lesson?” she asks. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He had apologized to me many times in many ways before, but his apologies had always been oblique, “Eat with me, Dana. Sarah is cooking up something special.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I wish I could say Pop's cooking is better, but we both know that'd be a lie. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The water used for farming, cooking, and washing had to be fetched in buckets from streams and springs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Agitated, she came away from the cooking area, squeezed past the table and went to the other end of the room and stood by the bedroom door. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z For lunch she had a block of cooking chocolate and an apple. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z She heard a podcast playing in the kitchen, which was Imogen’s usual habit when cooking, and she found Immie slicing zucchini for the grill. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It only served to reason that the olive oil Tessie drizzled over everything had some mysterious power to stop the body’s clock, while the mind, impervious to cooking oils, kept going. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Mom was in the kitchen chopping mushrooms and dill for a chicken soup she was cooking for the old ladies. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Foods that humans cannot digest in their natural forms—such as wheat, rice and potatoes—became staples of our diet thanks to cooking. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Red ripples dimpled the water, and the odor of cooking fires stirred on the sluggish morning breeze. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt immediately unwrapped the blankets and found a nest of cooking utensils and a metal mug. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At three o’clock she started dinner, and only when it was cooking did she take a break, sitting at die kitchen table to consult her dream book on the meaning of her previous night’s dreams. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I am well, very well. I have been helping the wives of our umunna with the cooking.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z We have a maid who comes to our house every day to do the laundry, cooking, and cleaning. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He enjoyed taking the food out, working with it and cooking it and serving it and eating it. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z The four or five inhabitants took turns cooking for one another, went drinking together, and chased women together, without success. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A chemically vanilla smell wafts around the car—the kind you spray to mask pet or unpleasant cooking odors. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z In the hours not devoted to cooking, cleaning, love-making, rope skipping and trying to get into the baseball game with the boys, Sissy made plans for the coming baby. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Preheat the oven to 275°F. Line two cookie sheets with aluminum foil and spray with nonstick cooking spray. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I had been so focused on what I was learning that I hadn't heard my mother come in and begin cooking. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, my mom thinks putting an egg in instant ramen is gourmet cooking. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z As they waited for Richard’s lawyer to give them an update, they talked about what they were cooking for Thanksgiving, just two days away. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Near the thatched-roof cooking huts, women sang while they pounded rice in mortars. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “Pretty nice. She’d wash my clothes and mend and do a little cooking.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z For me, Nochebuena meant the smell of onions and garlic cooking while my parents prepared the roasted pig. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z While these discussions go on you are to imagine me bowling along on some little road or pulled up behind a bridge, or cooking a big pot of lima beans and salt pork. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z All these fragrant plants I also used in cooking to give a new taste to some not-so-good foods. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The goddess and I stood outside its entrance while Mo prepared a cooking fire a few feet away. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z My mother at this time seemed to be always working- cooking, washing, ironing, cleaning, and fussing over us eight children. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a warm, welcoming place and I was often there either to sample a political discussion or MaSisulu’s cooking. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “See, those are the cannibals and these are the missionaries. The aim is for the cannibals to push the missionaries into the cooking pot.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The fresh wind across the big lake blew away the smoke of cooking fires and vanquished the mosquitoes that came out in whining droves and had plagued them in town. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “Holly, would you mind if I use one of those? Wynn’s been helping out so much, especially with the cooking, I thought I might make him an apron.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z This time it was the smell of food cooking that drew us to the edge of the woods. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “They have brought bamboo beds and cooking utensils already. And the new Director for Mobilization is coming next week.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Heavy odors of Mediterranean cooking floated across the congested neighborhood from the opened kitchen windows in every' apartment building and double house. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But they worked there cooking, serving, and cleaning up. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The scents of wood smoke and cooking drifted up to Tally, smells that made her think of camping and outdoor parties. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It wasn’t just one more thing to add to the work of cooking and cleaning and tending the twins and trying to buy food. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He winked at me and said, “I’ve eaten enough of Grandma’s cooking for a lifetime.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It was nothing like my mother’s cooking, but it was either that or stale bread. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She had been cooking in the dining room fireplace—that was easier than going outdoors to the old kitchen—and she wanted to join the old kitchen to the house. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Mom was cooking when I walked into the kitchen. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Then he smiled again cautiously and turned back to his cooking, before adding, “Besides, he looks like you, you know. Loo.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Her face was still flushed from all of the cooking. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Next thing I know she’ll be cooking for you. You know she can cook, don’t you?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Lily pulls out a board game she’s been too cool to play since she was like ten, and the three of us play while the grown-ups finish cooking. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z My third student was a nun of the order of Sisters of St. Joseph, named Sister Irma, who taught “cooking and drawing” at a convent elementary school just outside Toronto. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Mrs. Moon had a condition where she couldn’t work anymore, but she would rather die than eat some Iranian kid’s teenage cooking. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z It was a bonus for my good cooking. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Gran’s nose wrinkled as if she’d caught a whiff of Dad’s cooking. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z In her haze her mother was alive and laughing, dancing in front of her cooking fire. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “If it don’t work out why you’ll have to go back to cooking and cleaning.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z We went swimming in the river, and we helped Yar with easy chores, such as sweeping our compound or collecting fire for cooking from a neighbor. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z After her visit to Hopkins, Henrietta went about life as usual, cleaning and cooking for Day, their children, and the many cousins who stopped by. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I want to tell her that cooking is basically chemistry, which is a kind of science. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z This gave me a moment to check out how far she was in her cooking. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z Miss Peregrine propped herself against the giant cooking range. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “That was just a joke. We’re going to have potato salad and smearcase and cold chicken and apple pie and lots of other good things. We’ve been cooking ever since your father called.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Once it grew dark, we went to sleep because the only light we had was from the cooking fires. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t understand—my life is already full of cooking. I have zero motivation to come up with a recipe.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Lucky to have Madame Manec too. She’s a genius with food, isn’t she, Papa? She is maybe just a little bit better at cooking than you are?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He cooked; he savored; he even named me Tandoori, after West Indian cooking that is prepared in a clay stove called a tandoor. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Only later did he learn the cooking was actually done by Terryl’s roommate. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The next day when he came home from work, Mom was cooking at the stove. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I think Mother truly did appreciate the enormity of cooking three times a day for so many hungry boys and knew that our family ship would sink without her services. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z There would be Mrs Boland for the cleaning and some cooking. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z This would be their second day of cooking. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Except that underneath he loved her very much, loved her plump gentle flesh, her quiet way of sewing, cooking . . . of being true. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "I spent hours trapping and skinning and cooking that squirrel, and you not only eat most of it, but then you throw it all up!" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I will never see his apartment, eat his mother’s cooking, meet his friends from school. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “Let’s go inside. See what your mom is cooking. Probably scrambled eggs.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He didn’t want to waste any of the small amount of alcohol for the stove on something that didn’t need cooking. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d never had one before, but with Mother going back to work, we needed someone to do the laundry and the cooking. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z These grand homes, with their high, cool rooms, their polished mahogany furniture, their servants flitting between the main house and the separate cooking building, were meant to command attention, to show power and wealth. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The next day Lorena told her mom what happened, but she just said that she was probably dreaming and went back to cooking dinner. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I thought that if she answered it and Daddy peeked in and saw her girlfriend in our kitchen cooking, he might turn right around and leave. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I know how to cook and so does he, not a professional cook just plane cooking for himself. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z There are a few other cars and a food truck with cooking smells coming from the metal chimney. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He checks on her daily, shops for her on wintry days, and delights in her cooking. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I knew he could smell the food—my mother had been wafting scents toward the front door since she’d started cooking this morning. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z My mom hates cooking and jokes that she doesn’t know if I’m really her kid. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Without the shade of Babou’s fig trees, the neighborhood was a luminous white, so bright, I was certain I could feel my optic nerves cooking. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The smell of cooking hangs in the air. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z While I will never give my neighbor Perilee any competition in the baking department, my cooking is downright edible. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z All week, I try to persuade Maddy to stay in cooking club. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Martín and a few of the cooks arrived as my mom and I finished cooking. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z An odor of Creole cooking led me to a cafe at the comer. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The cooking oil cans John mentioned were useful in Yar’s family, too. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not those,” she said, and turned back to her cooking. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z A chair upholstered in burlap stood before a giant coal-fired cooking range cast from iron. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z By late afternoon, our apartment is a smoky sauna of Mama’s cooking for the block party. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z As far as cooking went, she was pretty much a country girl. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The kitchen was living room, dining room and cooking room. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The day before yesterday Jan ate carrots with green peas, yesterday he had the leftovers, today she’s cooking marrowfat peas, and tomorrow she’s planning to mash the remaining carrots with potatoes. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z His cooking is full of love, but not so full of flavor. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Her cough is nearly gone, and she is growing quite fat with Mrs. Phinney’s cooking. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Her internal heat, the heat of anger, was cooking that accumulated carbon dioxide. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z And I raised my camera and took a picture of those angels cooking that food that smelled like heaven. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “There are a lot of cooking shows on TV, and Jake watches a lot of TV.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “Hush up, girlfriend, and wash them veggies. You gonna do all the cooking. I’m gonna sit up here like some kinda queen and give orders.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The smell of cooking food is often a calming one, and the kitchen grew cozy as the sauce simmered, a culinary term which means “cooked over low heat.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Mom’s not cooking and watching renovation shows as much, but now she spends her time hovering around me. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z There was no response immediately; but there was smoke coming from the chimney, so I guessed he was in the kitchen cooking his chicken. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He thought of her at the stove, cooking their dinner. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “Okay, but don’t be late. I’m cooking dinner.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z He liked the native cooking so much that once he ate eighty-two iguana eggs at one sitting. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Rafik liked to say, “Our mother is a DJ,” but the station was mostly news, interviews, and cooking programs. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Odd, she thought sleepily, that the house should be so dreadful and yet in many respects so physically comfortable—the soft bed, the pleasant lawn, the good fire, the cooking of Mrs. Dudley. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “I know, especially when we have to eat Dad’s cooking,” added Fadi. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z In the Evening, we each do our Stint at cooking on the Fire. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Mama literally dragged me to this detestable cooking club because she thinks I’m not old enough to stay home alone. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z All that spider hunting has made me really hungry, and whatever is cooking in the kitchen smells great. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z In the next aisle, Mama goes for the biggest bag of rice I’ve ever seen, and I imagine her cooking me magic beans and rice, like in Daddy’s stories. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Not only had Dad’s funk disappeared ever since my mood-music playlist, but even his cooking skills seemed to have improved. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “How about this? I’ll get some breakfast while you finish all this cooking. We’ll meet in the living room in one hour to study. Got it?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He started making cereal and cooking for the kids who would wander by. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z All the clothes were folded and put away, dinner was cooking in the oven, and the living room floor was so clean, I’d be willing to eat off it. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He will watch her give away leftovers in the cooking pots themselves. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Omakayas loved this time of the year and jumped from her blankets eagerly, rolled her sleeping mat and fur blanket, and put them away quickly so that she could help rekindle the outdoor cooking fire. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I expect him to say “Wilderness is best. Nothing beats cooking over an open fire.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z As the delicious smell of meat cooking drifted through the air, everybody worked together, and soon we had a small house with mud walls and a thatched roof and a garden for vegetables nearby. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The slippery, light green leaves had fibrous stalks that did not become tender from cooking and so had to be carefully plucked out. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The cooking and baking become a group effort, with Siunek and Max and even Schillinger sometimes lending a hand, since he had always been the one to peel the potatoes for his wife. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “What time do you want to start cooking?” she asked. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The smell of cooking, of onions and garlic, rose from the boat. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It was for cooking, heating the house, heating water for baths. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “No, sah. I am waiting until the war is ending so I am cooking for master.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Then I remember that Mama needs her to be happy about the cooking club. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Ever since she’d handed over cooking duties to my mom, her oldest daughter, Abuela took her place on one of the sofas in the lounge area, smiling and surveying the whole scene. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Thomas was quickly learning that jokes about Frypan’s cooking were just that—jokes. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Word spread of Abuela’s talent, and soon she was cooking for private events all over town. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Last year, she had stayed up all night, cooking the turkey, wrapping surprises and hiding them all over the house for Gerald to find. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In the 1920s in the United States, high school girls were given special classes in sewing, cooking, and hygiene, while boys learned woodworking and how to use tools. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Percy heard the clank of hammers at a forge and smelled meat cooking over a fire. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Should we start on the rice while the chicken is cooking?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Ishtar had taught her war like other moms taught their kids cooking or soccer. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z For this reason the plants grew tall and the people would all think of the delicious corn that would soon be cooking in their pots. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z She didn’t run, per se, but she left the line and did a ridiculously fast walk toward the back of the store, near the clearance section, where they did their cooking classes. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Even the gas supplies for heat and cooking are regulated by electricity, said Major McEvoy, and how do you think you pump water out of a well? How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “She used school equipment for her catering business, without permission. When she was let go, it was my opinion that the cooking club should be disbanded.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z People were busy visiting, cooking, hauling water, and taking horses to the river to drink. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Over her cooking, Mandy chuckled and sighed at the proper moments. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z So I sit at the table in the kitchen and practice new vocabulary, purposely saying out loud the words that pertain to cooking. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Hanako finished cooking the rice, listening to the sounds of everybody talking especially excitedly tonight. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I used a stick to poke at the contents and saw that they were finished cooking. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He was a stout man, thanks to Eliza’s cooking, and the heart of all gossip and tall tales in the coffeehouse. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have to get back to my cooking, and, since you don’t have much money, I can’t give you a lot of time.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Oliver—not a huge believer in the twins’ cooking abilities—suggested that Jessie and Isa have immunity on Christmas Eve, or perhaps that they trade for a different, less important day. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Percy and Jason were a little too good at cooking up massive storms. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Many were there to provide various services to the men who did— doing their laundry, cooking their meals at the mess hall, selling them various sundries, disposing of their trash. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The only light came from a burning wick in a tiny bowl of cooking oil. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She could hear her mother saying, “She is fond of cooking, and she can knit extremely well. Within a week she finished this cardigan I am wearing.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The smell of fried chicken cooking and the excitement of playing with the pet rabbit under the sink increased his pace. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The food was served first to the men and then to the women guests, and last I ate with the women who had been hired to help with the cooking and serving. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z She spent the summer there, cooking in a hotel. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Overhearing this, the friend’s wife insisted on cooking Alex a big dinner, which he wolfed down, and then he fell asleep at the table. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I longed for the smell and taste of home cooking, especially flour tortillas, frijoles de la olla, and carne con chile. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z People were provided with pots for cooking, but some women had brought their own. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The stew was thick with barley, carrot, and onion, with here and there a ragged shred of salt beef, softened in the cooking. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I’m late for supper as it is, and you know what the missus will say if I can’t eat a bite of what she’s been cooking.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z In a society where people believe girls are weak and not capable of anything except cooking and cleaning, you think, I have a talent. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Nor was she impatient with Corinthians’ undistinguished everyday cooking, for Michael-Mary ate several small plain meals. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t mind the cooking if I didn’t have to do the dishes, too,” Julie said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z She said she had “34 kittys in my cooking class and 18 kittys in my drawing class.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “Help yourself. I’m going through a little cooking phase. And certainly bring something back for your mother.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z "Yeah, but you know I can smell Jazz's cooking through the wall," Noodles said, slurping and making the face that got him that nickname. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “I swear, if you didn’t need that scholarship, I’d take you out of that program. I’m not sending you there to be in no cooking class. What that got to do with getting into college?” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The cooking pots and the kettle were rimmed with opening prayers. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Mr. Hallis show me all that when he taught me cooking. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The fragrance of cooking rice wafted down the hospital hall. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z She ran the house, looked after the kids, did the cooking and the cleaning. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Somehow the cooking water had been hoisted here, but what was she to do with it? Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We were in a boiling pot of trouble cooking. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z My husband, seated already on the bullock cart with the tin trunk full of cooking vessels and my saris next to him. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Long picnic-style benches stretched in rows from end to end, with a small aisle in the middle so people could walk up to the circular cooking station in the front. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Then I thought of the bride I’d make, in a threadbare, sooty gown that stank of cooking fat and yesterday’s dinner. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Miles City had been cooking in the high nineties for days, and it was only the end of June, hot even for eastern Montana. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Cleanup is a critical part of cooking, she always tells me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Doña Ramona gives me a glass of water and shuffles back to the kitchen to continue her cooking. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “I have the passion of cooking, pickling, curing salamis, sausage, making wine in the fall. This is my life. I do this with my friends. It’s to my heart.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z For example, in the living room was a cast-iron potbellied coal stove for heating and cooking. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, books about money or about cooking and diet are often out of the library. You have to put a hold on some of them for when they come back.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She holds up her hands, messy from cooking, coated with flour and chicken fat. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z There was always something to find fault with for Shasta had plenty of work to do, mending and washing the nets, cooking the supper, and cleaning the cottage in which they both lived. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z People were standing over them cooking hot dogs on sticks and what looked like skinned possum or some other source of protein not usually found in butcher shops. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I covertly used some sympathy to start the fire while Denna cobbled together a couple cooking skewers out of forked willow branches. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z On bad days, cooking allowed her to focus on something besides her problems. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z They would have to use fire again—for cooking, at least. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z When she returned to us, she brought a lot of our belongings with her—things like clothes and cooking pots and utensils. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I was in the kitchen and had almost finished cooking. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z They were sitting on Muff and Bud’s back porch so they could enjoy the fine weather while the roast was cooking inside. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Over there by the cooking fire. Be quick about it.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z For several days she was busy skinning and cooking. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z What you cooking, Auntie Charlotte, you thinking of making me something to eat? Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z She was stress cooking because she knew I was upset and wouldn’t talk to her about it. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Almost as hot as it got in the kitchen at Genie and Ernie’s house whenever Ma was, cooking. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Tanaburi was a small, ordinary village, and it was the ordinary things that he liked to watch the most: people hanging their wash out to dry, sweeping porches, chatting with their neighbors, cooking breakfast. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Then, with wooden scoops and knives, they took out the pumpkin flesh and put it in a cooking pot. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Mrs. Calimar’s cooking, however, was soon countering the coaches’ best efforts. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was tacitly understood in the Moller family that the less one knew about his cooking methods and what he put into the food, the better for all concerned. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Theo stood, turned to the man he was about to accuse, and saw the scene in the soup kitchen, saw Otis Amber cooking soup for the dirty, hungry men. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He was slower with the skinning and dressing, the cooking, the fire starting, and even with the stealing, as they got him better-fitting clothes and a blanket of his own. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z In the mornings there was cooking to do for the breakfast. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z I was scared they were going to taste like bacon, because that's how Ma had me cooking them—but they still tasted like turkey. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Within a week, my grandmother was thumping around the house with her gold-topped cane and interfering with Mrs Spring's cooking. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z At this moment the boys who were cooking at the fire suddenly hauled off a great chunk of meat and ran with it toward the grass. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Apparently, cooking outside in Puerto Rico is an open invitation to everyone in the neighborhood. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z After about fifteen minutes he finally gathered enough energy to get up and go to the kitchen and start cooking supper. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z She added and subtracted endlessly, determining what she would need and not need, cooking rice and beans each week, and heating up small portions in the microwave for lunch and dinner. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Once upon a time, he bragged about her cooking. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He could hear the pat of the corn- cakes in the house and the rich smell of them on the cooking plate. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Of my mother’s three huts, one was used for cooking, one for sleeping, and one for storage. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Second, she seems genuinely excited about Mama’s cooking, which is...also a miracle. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I knew she would do this, because cooking was how my mother expressed her love, her pride, her power, her proof that she knew more than Auntie Su. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Sitting at the back of an afterschool cooking club I didn’t sign up for is even worse. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “You should come to cooking club today,” I tell Micah as we walk to the cafeteria. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Only Hazel stayed awake to replenish the little fire under the cooking chicken. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was only my mother cooking, in the ways and places she used to cook, in the late forties. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Even if her cooking wasn’t any good, I was hungry and would eat every scrap. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z If Momma’s mad and not cooking, we have to eat Daddy’s struggle meals, like spaghetti with ketchup and hot dogs in it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z There was a restaurant, too, where cooking was done over an iron stove instead of a fireplace; Jethro had eaten there once when he had come to town with Bill and Shadrach. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z It was nearly dark when I finally arrived at the station, where passengers waiting for the morning trains were cooking their suppers on small stoves. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The cleaning, decorating, and cooking proceeded around the clock. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “Didn’t you say you don’t like your mom’s cooking?” she asks, smirking. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z No one could figure what they were or where they had come from, so eventually Annie Broadbeam threw them into her cooking fire and enjoyed a hot rabbit stew on a cool autumn night. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “For everything you do with your brother, helpin’ your mama with the cooking and washing. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I learned my lesson about the cooking smell the hard way after I left my hoodie in the kitchen one morning in fourth grade while Mama was up early cooking before work. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Cod, whiting, haddock and mackerel, we caught them all and bore them back triumphantly to the hotel kitchen where the cheery fat woman who did the cooking promised to get them ready for our supper. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z To tell you the truth, the three orphans were so excited to be out of Count Olaf’s house, and in this pleasant library, that they were a little distracted and unable to concentrate on cooking. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Jude says to him, “Do you think Grandma didn’t just hear you insult her cooking?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Then, cooking my own breakfast and making my own coffee, I found that the difference was instantly apparent. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, Minny— “I was real glad to get the recommendation from Missus Walters. She told me all about you. Said your cooking is the best in town.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Then Celia’s arms were around him, and Matt could smell the cilantro leaves she chopped up when she was cooking. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I rushed over to help him with the groceries and he held a finger to his lips and whispered, “Help me set some things up. I’m going to trick Nan into a cooking lesson.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Smoking preserved meat far longer than cooking did. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandpa said, “While we’re cooking supper, you see to your dogs. Feed them and fix them a warm bed.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Along with winemaking, cooking whiskey became the way Pilate began to make her steady living. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Once upon a time, Mama would sing while washing laundry or cooking dinner or any of a million chores that had to be done around the house. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The house smells good, like home cooking, with hints of Ella’s perfume. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Myself, I’m just happy to be living among fruit trees and cooking with wood again. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’d rather be anywhere than at home, putting curry in plastic boxes for customers. Mama is cooking up a literal storm this week, much of it Thanksgiving-related.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Kidding! Your artwork is amazing. Why are you even in cooking club? You should be in art club. You should be president of the art club.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He caught glimpses of Min’s work—a fine teapot on a shelf, an inscribed jar that held cooking tools. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z As night fell, the leader of the captors ordered small fires to be made on the beach, and Amari soon smelled the welcome odor of food cooking. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Lazy old fleaface. He just doesn’t feel like cooking. No reply.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z If cooking is an art, I think we're in our Dada phase. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “You studied cooking in France. You should be running a restaurant.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I said, “Big Ma, you want me to get something washed or cooking?” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “Yes, I can imagine. Mrs. Kluckowski was talking about the cooking club in the teachers’ lounge.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z It wasn’t just that Muff had a radio and better cooking gear; the house had the warmth of a place where people were happy together and would go on being happy. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Maddy isn’t that bad. We’ve been friends a long time, but she’s only in one of my classes this year, so I hardly ever see her. I hope she comes back to cooking class.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z We began cooking their breakfast, somewhat constrained for space, with so many in so small a chamber, and the fire burning large within the hearth. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The comal was propped above the flames on three rocks—a cooking method as old as Mesoamerican culture. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The second is missing the commas that delimit the phrases making up the list of inspirations: cooking, her family, and her dog. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He had a simple one-story house with a small cellar used to store coal for cooking and heating, and potatoes, the main staple of their diet. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z I saw the hair as mine had been for years, conked by cooking it with lye until it lay limp, looking straight like the white man’s hair. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’ve been watching too many cooking shows,” I tell her, and laugh. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z People are cooking, eating takeaways in the streets. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z When she wrote that she was worn out from cleaning and cooking for her father, William said he wanted their marriage to run on different lines. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The teacher announced that a couple of mothers would be cooking misoshiru soup for them in the school kitchen. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They had an equal responsibility for keeping the apartment clean, for cooking, and for taking care of the boys. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Louie could feel his feet cooking; the spikes on his shoes were conducting heat up from the track. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z It’s really not that bad here, since we can do our own cooking and can listen to the radio in Daddy’s office. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z My uncle and his old stereo and his army of battered CDs lined up on the kitchen counter, two stacks of cooking pots as bookends. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The grandmother with nine hundred heads killed each ox, skinned it, and tossed it into her enormous cooking pot. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He stay home and did housework and cooking. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Greeting guests was what Abuela loved most besides cooking and family. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Mrs. Tellwright did, in fact, pay for cooking classes for Joyce, and she took them herself, right alongside the younger woman. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z At the end, he substituted a magic cooking pot for the bus that carried them to Resthaven. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Kakuma was pitch black at night on those days because nobody bothered to kindle a cooking fire. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s the company, not the cooking, that makes the meal.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z On Wednesday afternoons, three of the girls in the class would go to his house where he taught them some of the mysteries of French cooking for extra credit. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It took a lot for black people to let them go, and even if somebody was old and alone, others did the dropping by, die floor washing, the cooking. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z We had thought that the village was more than three days away, but after only a day and a half of walking, we began to smell the scent of cooking palm oil in the air. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z All our camping gear—tent, bedding, cooking things. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z "I am. And always ready for your fabulous cooking." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He had planned on making shrimp malai for Shoba, but when he arrived at the store he didn’t feel like cooking anymore. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He grew adept at manipulating the shapes of cooking hot dogs and, for fun, developed an entire line of gag frankfurters. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z O-lan had lain herself upon the bed after the cooking of the meal and the child lay beside her—a fat, placid child, well enough, but not so large as the first one. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I built the fire and was cooking the fish and making pancakes when Dad shot out of bed. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Others are still cooking, chatting in the kitchen. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Her cooking started with a can opener and ended with a microwave—blindfolded or not, it couldn’t get much worse. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I was so pleased to ’ear you would be coming — zere isn’t much to do ’ere, unless you like cooking and chickens! Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He could smell things cooking, and he heard soft laughter. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z “I have an announcement. Poplar Springs Middle has an international festival coming up soon. We have been invited to showcase our cooking club.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “All right, let’s go,” I tell her, mimicking that stern teacher voice she does so well at cooking club. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Scandalized to see Kit wearing out her finery with scrubbing and cooking, Rachel and Mercy had made her a calico dress exactly the same as Judith’s. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll start the fire now so we have good coals for cooking supper.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Not sterile, of course, but I had just spent the day cooking clothes in lye soap and water. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I close my eyes and see my parents cooking dinner in the kitchen. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z As I had done for Kunthi, so Kali did for me—but much more: sweeping and cleaning, washing and cooking. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Stealing through the morning air came a familiar smell of smoke and something cooking—beckoning irresistibly. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry was sure they were cooking up their own version of how Malfoy had been injured. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z As the only woman in the bunch, other than crazy old Minerva, the management of the cooking fell in her domain. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Dad’s cooking dinner—pasta and meat sauce, from the smell of it. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Then Ma did extra cleaning and cooking, and opened the package of store sugar. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s always cooking all kinds of foods, not just Korean food but Spanish, Chinese, Italian, Vietnamese, and even Russian. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z When I look at her and ask, “What happened?” she shifts her eyes to the kitchen, where Ollie Mae is cooking. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It was like when you pull apart two pork ribs that weren’t quite finished cooking yet. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z "Are you cooking a chicken in there?" he says. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He spends his days cooking meals, reading, listening to classical music. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z There are hot tears cooking on his face, and his eyes bite. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The thought of going right up to my paternal grandmother’s residence, sitting down at her table, and tasting her cooking more than saddened me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “I do not mind this cooking at all,” Mrs. Montague said. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z She started to skin the rabbit, preparatory to cooking it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “And if you can stand Philomel’s cooking,” he went on, “though I might try to get her mother while you are here. Do you think she would come?” turning to Mariequita. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z Biddy up and tell Ms. D. ’bout how I’m cooking for Lizabeth first pop out the box. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They were busy cooking dinner for our Christmas Eve bash. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Yet she stayed there a year, cooking, washing dishes and pots and pans, scrubbing the floor. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d smell the caramel cooking and cane herself right out the door. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z We lug buckets of water from the river for cooking and washing and drinking. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z That’s the principal trick of Congolese cooking: rubbing two leaves together to give color and taste to another day’s translucent, nutritionally blank ball of manioc. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He had never told anyone this, not even Anulika; she had already told him he spent too much time around women cooking, and he might never grow a beard if he kept doing that. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But all I can think about is what Maddy will say when she finds out who I’m cooking with. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I went downstairs at the crack of dawn this morning and saw Dadi in the kitchen, stress cooking and baking. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I set a plate on the table while I tried to think of something to make without cooking. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She did the proper cooking, and I did near everything else, like washing pots and plates and beating eggs till my arms fell off for Madam’s almond jumbles and plum cakes with icing. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He honed his cooking routine to free up time for soccer practice. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The dining room, where the three of them relished her cooking and chatted so easily about their days, as though they had an endless supply ahead. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His wife, Angelina, round and short-haired in a tight plaid dress, was cooking tortillas in an outdoor shed with corrugated aluminum walls. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They went along a short corridor with doors on the right and a canteen on the left, from which came a clatter of knives and forks, and voices, and more cooking smells. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Nor was it a weapon, a style of cooking, or something to keep one’s head dry in foul weather. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z German by blood, he renounced his race when it came to its cooking. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z So little angel Jeffy can be safe from my evil cooking schemes? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I think she realized it, too, because after she was done cooking mine, she stared at the empty pan for a minute. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She was the one who died happy, sitting on the steps after cooking dinner. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t smell like Big Ma’s kitchen in Brooklyn, but it was the aroma of real food cooking. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t really get cold, but by dusk a fire was going and some stew was cooking. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When the door shut and she heard his bed creak as he sat on it, Anya went about cooking the fish. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Others tended to kettles hanging over cooking fires. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z My mother waited until the very last minute to cross over to Ghetto A, rushing back to our building one last time for a cooking pot, which she wrapped in a sheet. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z It must have splintered many of the city’s wood-and-plaster buildings; fallen torches and scattered cooking fires would have ignited the debris, burning down most surviving structures. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The quality of Kreacher’s cooking had improved dramatically ever since he had been given Regulus’s locket: Today’s French onion was as good as Harry had ever tasted. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z From that point on, we’d be growing and cooking our own food to eat, mucking out the Washrooms, making our uniforms, and even making theirs. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z While the potatoes are cooking, I mix eggs, tomatoes, a little onion, a sprinkle of salt, and black pepper. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Miyax had forgotten there were such good things and her mouth fairly watered as she smelled them cooking. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “He must like my cooking too much to get rid of me,” Mandy told me over cold chicken wings and warm bread. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z As I was thinking, Sarah turned and threw a handful of something into the stew or soup she was cooking. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I knew Granddaddy would be well pleased, plus it helped keep my mind off cooking and mending. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I can’t wait to go back to school and plan our cooking club party. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Smoke of the first fires seeped out through the walls of the brush houses, and the first smell of cooking corn- cakes was in the air. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z I accepted all the gifts—the tables, the earthenware jugs—though I could not possibly carry them with me, and culled for travel only a small copper cooking bowl. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are you trying to tell me you miss my cooking?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The smells filled his nostrils,- the sharp fresh tang of pine needles, the earthy odor of wet rotting leaves, the hints of animal musk and distant cooking fires. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Ultimate Saturday is when Gracie and her dad do something special, just the two of them, like gourmet cooking classes or trapeze school. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z “The previous leader of the cooking club was ‘borrowing.’” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Her mother was in the kitchen cooking—not entirely successfully, judging from the smell of burnt-bottom-of-the-saucepan that filled most of the flat. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Horses aren't as interesting as goats, but it's a better job than cooking or digging trenches. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He thought about Tiller and Sairy’s place, with its cozy quilts and always the smell of something good cooking. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z If I had stopped the night and bears had gathered to my cooking, I dare not think what would have happened. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Naomi was cooking the last tortilla when she heard Henry’s truck pulling onto the patch of gravel by the back porch. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I also hoped she was right about, y’know, cooking being a way to get girls. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He saw the remains of a fire in an outdoor cooking pit. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Miyax found the names so nice that, as she took her cooking pot from the fire to offer her guests hot ptarmigan, she hummed and sang. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He began cooking eggs, whistling the Laurel and Hardy theme tune, as if the hurricane that was Aunt Gloria had never been. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Then we had to check the grocery list against the menu and who was cooking what. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Sarah and the other soldierwives spent most of their days down at the campground doing the chores for the regiment-washing clothes in big iron pots and cooking whatever could be found to roast or stew. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s disgraceful,” he tells me, but still it’s better than paying for a turkey and going to the effort of cooking. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z One of the highlights would involve cooking and eating their enemies’ dead bodies. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z I wish I’d never joined the cooking club or become Elizabeth’s partner. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z They were escorting a group of young women who carried cooking pots, bags of rice, mortars and pestles. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z When Poplar Springs Middle announced that an afterschool cooking club was starting, I signed up immediately. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He had to rotate it slowly and that was hard to do with his hands so he found a forked stick and stuck it in the sand to put his cooking stick in. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Betsy’s parents were dead, but there was an uncle in Maine who was always glad for her to come and help with the cooking. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “I am cooking any type of European food, anything my master is eating in his country.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Eliza was in the kitchen cooking up a storm, and the room had never been cleaner. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, Bobby leased a home in the same compound where Torre lived and, as a constant dinner guest, often enjoying the cooking of Torre’s wife. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It’s funny, because a few years ago I would have hated the idea of staying in and cooking on my birthday, but now it’s perfect, it’s the way it should be. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d gotten him some cooking supplies—an apron embroidered with “Big Tomato,” my nickname for him, and a nice cast iron pan. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z She had it painted on her face in cooking class yesterday. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Chinese cooking. I have a cousin in Chinatown, and he told me how. My cousin is in the firecracker and fan-tan business.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He discovered that cooking was something you couldn’t learn. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She never measured anything, instead cooking by eye, by instinct, and by touch, throwing in handfuls of flour and thumb-sized chunks of lard and drizzling in more or less cold water, depending. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The midwife had lost another tooth, and was hobbling about on her broken ankle, throwing copper pots and cooking spoons about the cottage in her anger at age and teeth and life. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew my mother would be cooking food for everybody and that my father would be hiding out in his bedroom again. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Now she had finally taken the ultimate flight into space only to have her fellow cosmonauts joking about her cooking for them? Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z We could tell we were getting close to Hooperville ’cause we heard somebody playing a mouth organ and the smell of food cooking was getting stronger. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z And she said nothing but she worked at her cooking and at the washing at the pool even in the winter when the water was stiff with ice to be broken. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Keeping the children out of the kitchen while we were cooking reminded me of trying to catch fish in my petticoat. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘They were out hunting in the woods all day. The only things they caught were squirrels. At night they made camp, and the guy who could eat squirrel meat started cooking it over the fire.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Momma was relieved too, although she had had a good time cooking special things for him and showing her California son off to the peasants of Arkansas. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The girls from our cooking club all talk excitedly. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He'd never considered housework or cooking particularly thrilling before—Matthew and Mark always scoffed at it as women's work—but it was better than nothing. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z “Almost more work than cooking our own stew,” Newel huffed. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z In the open kitchen of the Amateurs a girl was cooking potato-chips in oil. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I suppose having someone come in during the day wouldn’t be so bad, just to help out with the cooking and cleaning. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Chamberlain smelled coffee, the lovely smell of cooking chicken. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When Thaya Jaan came to visit last year, we didn’t understand why Mama went overboard cooking elaborate Pakistani feasts for him, including the dishes usually reserved for dinner parties. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z One tribe even tricked us by first trading goats to us for some empty cooking oil cans we had, then sneaking up on us to steal their goats back. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever I smell cooking like that, it makes me want to go right into that house and eat along with them. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Someone said it was the smell of cooking barley. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “Dale, your own cooking is good for you,” Mother said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Recently, I teased him that while he and I are busy speaking about womens rights, my mother is still doing the cooking and cleaning. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I’ve seen what happens in that cooking club,” she says, practically spitting. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Aside from a bright mind, all Joyce could reasonably offer the world of employers was her skill at doing what she least liked to do, cleaning and cooking. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I didn’t like the idea of being in that ole woman’s house, but the idea of cooking in that kitchen sure was fine. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The smell was amazing— dozens of different kitchens cooking at once. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Ovens mean cooking, and cooking comes before eating. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Terrible ones who boil everything until it’s as gray and soggy as English weather, and the ones who bake perfectly iced cakes and adorable meat-filled pastries for BBC cooking shows. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He’d probably been cooking this up since I turned him down that first day. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “I’m already staying back with her in that stupid cooking class! Why do I have to be part of this, too?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “I always tell Bee, Manderley’s the only place left in England where one can get decent cooking. I remember this soufflé of old.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I am the behind-the-scenes person, the invisible one who makes their lives run smoothly, the one outside the camera frame, the one in the kitchen cooking food or on the patio washing diapers. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was a curry. I learned it in cooking club.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Matt grabbed the big iron cooking pot Celia used to make menudo and swung it before he could worry much about her reaction. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I picked my nose while I was cooking and serving. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They weren’t much better at first aid than they were at cooking, but Luxa at least knew what ointment to use. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Kenya’s probably cooking for herself and Lyric tonight. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z She spent half the day cooking before the meal was finally served. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z “Of course I’d miss them, too. But, you know, who would do the cooking?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Before I could say anything, Papa chuckled and asked, “What’s going on between you and your grandpa? What are you and that old man cooking up now?” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z My father seems to notice my reaction to his cooking. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z In the kitchen I was shaking so hard that at first I could not continue the cooking; I could not think clearly. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Since it was impossible to eat wild grains without first winnowing, grinding and cooking them, people who gathered these grains carried them back to their temporary campsites for processing. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z When she wasn’t in Clover, Henrietta spent her time cooking for Day, the children, and whichever cousins happened to be at her house. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z It takes me a moment to realize she is talking about the cooking club. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Part of me is cooking up any excuse to get out of this. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z There is no indoor kitchen, so all the cooking is done outside under a straw roof awning. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Every hoot of an owl sent him into a high- pitched fit, and whenever the cooking fire hissed, he threw a bit of aca, maize beer, into the flames to appease their anger. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Sometimes this is so that rich men can get richer by selling the timber, and sometimes because the people living there need wood for cooking or for building. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Even when Celia was asleep—and she fell asleep easily after long hours cooking at the Big House—the rooms felt full of her warm presence. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll learn plain cooking for my holiday task, and the next dinner party I have shall be a success.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z She is exhausted from two days of cooking, from her morning of cleaning, from these weeks of packing and dealing with the sale of the house. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She had the precious dress-cloth, Uncle Kufa’s knife, six matches, two clay cooking pots, her weapons, and the bag of gold nuggets around her neck. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She doesn’t let him in while she’s cooking because he makes such a pest of himself, rubbing against her ankles and getting between her feet. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He described how a woman had been cooking in his tent when the killers came. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “How is this arrangement working out for you? If you are doing the cooking for Biddy, what does she do for you in return?” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z This is a South Asian cooking club, after all. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z There was the slow, fresh, saliva-stimulating smell of cooking cotton seeds. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Nhamo went back to her cooking area and made a barrier around the place where she intended to sleep. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The others laughed, and he shouted pleasantly, “All of you, get to your chores, or I’m not cooking!” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “I got to get them sheets washed and ironed and then I got to get to this old chifforobe you done let go dry as Texas. And then we cooking—” “No learning lesson today, Minny.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “We ready for you to taste Biddy’s good cooking,” Quincy say. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A small fire with a metal grate slid overtop where they were cooking beans in a tin pot. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Another picture showed my mom accepting her first major cooking award, the Newbie Chef Challenge competition on the Food Is Life network. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Here in Kinshasa we have a “city kitchen,” with the stove right inside the house, but it’s only a little bottle-gas burner, maddeningly sluggish after my years of cooking over roaring wood fires. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Taking care a white babies, that’s what I do, along with all the cooking and the cleaning. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “I’m just waiting for the rice to finish cooking.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Our home has two rooms, one for cooking, one for sleeping. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z He was not allowed to play soccer, do homework, or leave the apartment until the cooking was done. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Did he have matches to start a cooking fire? A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The inmate, I knew, could plug it into the outlet in his cell, place a pan on it, and do some home cooking. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nonsense. Does Mrs. Dudley do all your cooking? The asparagus is more than passable. Arthur, let that young man help you to asparagus.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z And of course I could always smell what Gramma was cooking. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z I wondered how many ovens had been left on when the Morpheus spell hit; how many people had fallen asleep in the middle of cooking dinner. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z That’s Mom’s idea of cooking: Let it burble but don’t let it burn and let it sit. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z It had two bunks and a little cooking galley. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever she was cooking, it wasn’t pot roast. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I brought a heavy frying pan up from the house and because we had no cooking oil we steamed vegetables in water over the fire. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z When that was done, he put his finger to his lips and ran to the old woman cooking hot chocolate over the coals. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Jaimito called Lio a troublemaker, accusing him of cooking up plots and then running off to some embassy for asylum, leaving his comrades behind to rot in jail. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Buttercup’s mother glanced up briefly from her cooking. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z JetBlue now has four hundred reservation agents, like Dolly, working at home in the Salt Lake City area, taking reservations —in between babysitting, exercising, writing novels, and cooking dinner. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z I went back up the hill and in a few minutes was cooking myself a dinner of canned ham, cornmeal cakes, peas, and scrambled eggs. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z In the hard-packed dirt she sat as if planted there, in front of a little fire that licked at her dented cooking can. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In many Nikkei families, you began working as soon as you could, babysitting or cooking rice or cleaning floors. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I could smell the smoke of something cooking while we were still in the woods making our way over to Miss Trotter’s. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z When I walk into the kitchen, my aunt is at the table sipping chai, and my mom is at the stove cooking. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He’d been hungry, tried to heat up some food on the stove, and passed out on the couch while it was cooking. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I laughed because if there's one thing Jazz loved to brag about, it was her cooking. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z No wonder since we look it, and once more the humiliation of having nothing, not even a cooking pot, smote at me. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you try cooking again? You could easily snag a good job.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “But I was cooking this weekend. Besides, you never taught me like you said you would.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Even though they could smell the steam from the rice cooking, they noticed the house was strangely dark and quiet. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z I told about his great cooking and the stories in bed and how he came to all my games, even in the rain. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z She could already hear Mama and Grandma outside at the cooking fires. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z His front door opened into a tiny kitchen with a coffeemaker, a vintage toaster, and an old woodstove with two cooking pots on top, one empty, the other filled with chili. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z She chopped onions fast and hard with an outsize heavy knife, something she had learned to do from a cooking video. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z As she prepares dinner, I try to finalize the edits to my oral history project, but Mom finishes cooking before I’m done. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Fat dripped from the hare's open gut, hissing and sizzling in the fire, which gave off the twin aromas of cooking meat and of wood smoke. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z An ice cream maker, the rapid-freeze kind they use on television cooking shows. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z By shortening the intestines and decreasing their energy consumption, cooking inadvertently opened the way to the jumbo brains of Neanderthals and Sapiens. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1793 water for drinking, cooking, cleaning, and putting out fires all came from private and public wells or from the Delaware River. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z He could never leave Ma and her delicious cooking; his sister, Rupa, who coddled and teased him; and Baba, who protected and provided for all of them. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z She climbed back to the place where she did her cooking. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Cole mumbled as he returned to the fire and began cooking again. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The smells of incense and sweat mingled with cooking odors from another apartment. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Nhamo dropped the firewood outside the cooking hut and braced herself. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to leave them alone together, but Mother needed help with the cooking, so I returned to the stove but devised small errands to bring me back to the table. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Mom says, “You give me cooking lessons. Jewish apple cake, charoset for Passover, challah—the recipe and the prayers. I want to learn. Will you teach me, Nadya?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The smell of the bacon cooking soon fetched Duck up from the hold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Grandma had interrupted her cooking to hurry to the phone. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was going to send somebody in to finish cooking, but you can, can’t you?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “Way she treat you? How much she paying you to put up with Mister Johnny and the cooking lessons? Must be less than all of em.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Lupita looked down at the bill, and then sniffed the air, smelling something over the tang of chili powder Aunt Consuelo was putting into her cooking. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The boy finished cooking and pushed the cooked bamboo, like thinly sliced pieces of yellow wood, onto a plate. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z I remember the very loud, very disrespectful remarks Maddy made in the first cooking class. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The group of children I lived with pooled our camp food rations and boiled them in a large metal cooking oil container we had cut in two to make a pot. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The few cooking pots and bowls were stacked on a little shelf formed by the rocks, with chopsticks, a single spoon, and Crane-man’s knife in a neat row. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z That fat would be turned into oil that made a rich cream for skin, and could also be used for cooking. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Ever since her own parents died, these visits from her mother-in-law had taken on extra importance, and she’d putter around the house, cleaning and cooking, biting her nails as she went. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Big Ma outdid herself cooking up all of Uncle Darnell’s favorites. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “Tell that to my mom. Does your mother have a cooking club for grownups? Because I will sign my mom up so fast.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z We set ourselves to the task of eating her cooking, fried plantain and the luxury of some canned meat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I could not see very well by the firelight—it had grown completely dark—but I could tell he was cooking a meal of some kind. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z She pictured wandering around the house, trying to avoid him all day, and cooking for his terrible friends at night, perhaps every night, for the rest of her life. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z “Since when do you like cooking?” his mother asked. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z He expected that Hooper would have caught a fish, and it would be cooking on the fire. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z This was the Lord’s blessing on me because the women were used to cooking and cleaning for their men’s regiment. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z To run there would be like jumping into the fire to escape the cooking pot. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z We poured a stream of the white crystals into our palms, just like Mama taught us in cooking. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Each morning Deborah left the assisted-living facility where she lived, and spent the day cooking and cleaning for the five or six men living in her daughter’s home. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Corn oil can be used as a cooking or salad oil. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z While we were cooking dinner, a young southbound thru-hiker—the first of the season—arrived. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, I am just cooking some. Come in and rest.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z He was making lunch for them—his father always, from the time he was six, let him do the cooking—when a heavy knocking came on the hut door. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She packed a cooking pot, mealie meal, and matches into the fish trap. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My days consisted of a cycle of schoolwork, piano practice, and cooking lessons with Viola. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Somewhere, not too far away, were human beings—his world: he could not mistake their message—or refuse their invitation—they were undoubtedly cooking something. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Vu Lee refuses to apply to a real college, instead will go to a cooking school in San-fran-cis-co, where his idol once walked. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He had them cooking in a pan before I knew what his name was. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Kendra never had any complaints about her mom’s cooking, but Lena was in a class all her own. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z So last week I was cooking, heating up a pot with grease in it, and all of a sudden I had a seizure and fell on the floor. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My cooking lesson had taken all afternoon; the results were downed in four minutes flat. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z One of Leila’s pleasures was cooking, lots of hearty soups in the winter, and salads as things got warmer. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Ahead she could see the thatched roofs of the homes of her people, smoky cooking fires, and a chicken or two, scratching in the dirt. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I usually loved all of Mama’s cooking, and most of Doc’s when Mama let him use the kitchen. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The women were cooking and I could smell onions frying already, could hear the phht-phht of a pressure cooker, music, laughter. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Frank stared up at the northern lights, still cooking across the stars on low heat. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z In the narrow aisles between them are people, mostly children, selling things from trays, or carrying buckets of water, or cooking over open fires. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “It’s curved like a cooking pot with a floating dot. You call it bey.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Around three o’clock she would start cooking dinner, which was served from six to seven. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z At their house, Grandma starts cooking right away, but as soon as she sets the table, she gets a call from a client and has to leave. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Children laugh and play under streetlights, mothers call from doorways, smells of cooking come at us all the way, through windows we see people around tables, eating. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z It was like her way of passing the cooking torch so that I could do my thing in the kitchen without having to open up one of those lame, thick, usually way too girly cookbooks. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Medwyn’s provisions needed no cooking, but the blaze warmed and cheered them. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Since Nancy didn’t have time to cook during the week, she would spend her Saturdays cooking. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And all I would do is look through my mom’s old cookbooks—not that I was cooking anything—and try my best to go to sleep. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z There’s going to be trouble cooking at the rally.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama went to the backyard with Sisi to put away the cast iron cooking tripods. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “I am not cooking in my home, madam. My wife is cooking native food.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She’s a regular mom who happens to be our cooking teacher. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z They called me “Kimbo,” which is the name of a brand of cooking oil sold in East Africa. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z She stares blankly at the pegboard behind the countertop where her cooking utensils hang, all slightly coated with grease. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Besides being scared out of my wits, I am sick and tired of passing off my cooking for somebody else’s. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z We can’t have our tea till he’s home and that’s very hard because you smell the cooking of other families in the lane. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He started to work, summoning fire to dry out materials and do a little cooking that otherwise would have taken days to complete. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She trailed off, remembering Marina cooking, pulling water up through the air in a stream. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He gave Rahel a cooking ladle made of a wooden handle stuck through the polished half of a coconut shell. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z All the cooking videos make us hungry, while giving us zero recipe ideas for the International Festival. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Clutching the cooking pot to her breast, Miyax excitedly waited to see her bring back meat for the pups. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There were only some books in a pile, a small cooking stove, and the carpets, covered with mysterious designs. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The TV is off, and the air lacks that sweet smell of Mrs. Rodriguez’s cooking. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z There was the clank of cooking, and the mineral smell of coal smoke. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The wind had picked up, and the smell of rain ghosted through the air like dinner cooking. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Lily was gone, my mother was gone, Mrs. Baylor was in the kitchen cooking. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z There, my mother cooked over the fire in a large metal can once used for cooking oil that we now used as a stove. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z It wasn’t my cooking that made it perfect, but the connection we felt with the food, with the place we live and with each other. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Sometimes she gives me signals, like asking me what we’re cooking in Mama’s class. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “I don’t think so. I don’t think he’s going to be working in the kitchen for quite a while. Why? Are you afraid I’ll fire Mrs. Linfont and start cooking myself?” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z “We have so many orders since the festival. I’m glad your mom is helping. Mama needs someone to keep track of everything so she can focus on cooking.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z But also many houses where nothing was cooking, where no one was laughing or even talking, dark rooms full of weary faces and scroungy dogs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z That evening, while he was cooking dinner, a quiet voice on the radio announced that Nigeria would embark on a police action to bring back the rebels of Biafra. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z After school, I did most of the cooking and the cleaning. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The air was full of the scent of food cooking and pots bubbled on the stove. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I went downstairs to buy some bread and spaghetti, did my cooking, and ate standing up. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z The following night at dinner, as Tiller passed him a bowl of spaghetti, Dallas said, “You two sure go to a lot of trouble cooking.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The warmth of the thirty or so people inside, the familiar aroma of spices and good cooking, and the hushed play of children was extraordinarily comforting, the way wakes were, or weddings or baptisms. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z When the rebels finally came, I was cooking. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “People say maybe she was born too soon, before she got finished cooking. Is that true?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Stella had generally preferred eating the goodies rather than cooking them, but Mama’s years of gentle lessons were paying off now. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “I used it for cooking French toast. It was scrumptious!” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “We were cooking purloined steaks and lobster we stole from the officer’s club and the mess hall,” said Kelley. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Suddenly our kitchen went from one pot on the stove to three or sometimes four huge cauldrons of steaming food cooking all hours of the day. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” I said, and was thinking about the pie so much I didn't hear another word the girl said about Amish cooking secrets. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And unlike the other guests, Angelo always wound up in the kitchen cooking the dinner or passing platters of his famous fennel cakes. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “American cooking competition shows are nothing like that. They’re all sweaty and, like, dramatic death music and intense camera cuts,” Alex says. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z But Mark and Liz are such close friends, it seemed perfectly natural to be cooking for them. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Foods such as these, which are eaten on holidays, often preserve tastes and ways of cooking from earlier times. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z In the background the news is playing, and the sizzle of something cooking in the kitchen perfumes the entire house. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Take these boards and lay them on the pile for the cooking fire,” Papi said. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z A week later Mrs. Sen began cooking again. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Instead, he doesn’t have to wonder on that thought too long, because it is about an hour until the release, and Byrd is cooking something in the kitchen. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Today while cooking oatmeal she is Madame Butterfly until she sighs and points the wooden spoon at me. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z But I didn’t come for the phone or the bolita: I came for the cooking. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z She was cooking coconut rice, her apartment thick with spices, a bottle of cheap merlot on her counter, and Nina Simone playing loudly on her CD. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Traders came to his village with clothing items, rice, and other cooking ingredients to exchange for salt and fish, so he didn’t need to go anywhere. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I hear the door and then Lenny’s voice: “It sure is good to smell dinner cooking when you get home!” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z I’d rather live in the streets than be a submissive Mexican wife who spends all day cooking and cleaning. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z One way we have overcome the bitterness of some plants is by cooking. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z She rinsed the cooking pots but used ash and sand to get the wooden plates clean. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In the boys’ room, all that remained were the bolts that had attached the bunk beds to the wall; I guess that wood had built someone a cooking fire. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z She spent much of the day sleeping in a kanga on her mother’s back as Generose worked in the apartment, cleaning or cooking. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Except my kids, my cooking’s the only thing I’m proud of. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Since I could not see well by the dim fire I used for cooking, I made lamps of the dried bodies of little fish which we call sai-sai. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z And that’s how Mrs. Bigio found us when she hiked in at dusk—all huddled into small groups, swatting hopelessly at hordes of mosquitoes, nothing cooking on the fire. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z By the time they had finished settling in, they could smell food cooking. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Boys who hung about and eavesdropped on the men’s conversations would be called upon to perform certain tasks—slaughter chickens behind the cooking huts, chop firewood. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z When we reached Big Joe’s you could smell the food cooking. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Ash went about her work in silence as Ana upbraided her about her poor cooking skills, the invisible layer of dust on the dining room table, the unevenness of her stitching on their stockings. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the open car windows waft the scents of food cooking. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He collapsed to his knees and began crumbling into sand, until all that was left were three cooking aprons and an oversized pair of cowboy boots. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Dad, I wouldn’t need to take over cooking if you were home more often,” I say. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Except the stove hasn’t worked in weeks. Bri’s done all the cooking in the microwave when there’s been electricity. Which there isn’t anymore, in case you hadn’t noticed.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z She enrolled in a cooking course and perfected her considerable skills. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “How can you send them to Oakland? Oakland’s nothing but a boiling pot of trouble cooking. All them riots.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z When I had finished cooking breakfast, I found Mr. Loomis on his bed, up on his elbow, reading one of the volumes, and he showed it to me. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Roy hadn’t thought of that detail when he was cooking up the phony story. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And lastly I talked about all the many things I’d learned from Angelo—things about mushrooms and pigs, about nature and the arts of cooking and eating well, and so much else besides. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The smell of cooking chicken rose faintly on the air. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The women were cooking supper but all of them stopped and gathered around her, waiting for her to speak. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of them were dancing, and others merely ran around cooking, as if nakedness were nothing special. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “She say she got all that cooking to get done.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry was hungry enough even for Hagrid’s cooking, and took one at once. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Elizabeth expected me to wait for her so we could walk to cooking class together. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Out in the kitchen, she saw her mother cooking rice and a seafood stew. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z They were wretched, flimsy things, but cooking pots of any kind were always difficult to get. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Doubtless the boy was cooking inside all that heavy steel . . . but the last thing he needed was some stray arrow punching through his nephew's eye. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I would begin by holding her over the fire and cooking the ugly hole between her legs. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Pong could smell the sizzle of food cooking back in Mark’s restaurant. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Slaves kept her house clean, did much of her sewing, all her cooking and washing. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Before the girls got to the porch I heard their laughter crackling and popping like pine logs in a cooking stove. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I glanced at the old cooking notebook my mom made for me sandwiched between the can of sugar and the can of flour on the counter. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z There wasn’t much in the garden yet beyond spring onions and baby kale, but she still had some potatoes and carrots in the root cellar, and cooking had brought them back to life. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z She timidly suggested that he was here at a flattering disadvantage, for she had heard all of the preachers, but he had not, for a very long time, eaten another woman’s cooking. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z But there are also six cooking stations for kids, each with its own stovetop, oven, and sink. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The waitress brings a platter of the marinated meat and starts cooking it. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She had hurried out to the porch from the cooking hut and still carried a large wooden paddle in her hand, which dripped steaming water onto the floor. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Out was where there were no kettles to stir, no bottles to fill, no smoky cooking fire. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “But if we’re going to be real friends, not just cooking partners, I need something from you, too.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z She worked night and day, cleaning and cooking and doing whatever she could to stay alive. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z My mother did most of the cooking but it was not her favorite thing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “He did most of the cooking. And not only that, the whole evening was his idea.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Usually he complimented the cooking, joked, and told stories about his day. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z At home, she’d told me with a laugh, her husband did all the cooking and cleaning. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z But maybe there’s also a little magic in cooking, taking all the plain old ingredients and turning them into comfort and memory. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z We stood awhile longer watching Mama Mwanza argue good-naturedly with her lazy son and take several broad swipes at him with her big cooking spoon. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a milk-based custard I taught the girls to make in my cooking club.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z And so Baachan cooked it alone, because she said she had a secret way of cooking old fish so that it didn’t taste old. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Many people were complaining of robberies—basic necessities like sadza and cooking oil were being stolen. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “You were cooking it wrong. I added salt to your stuffing too. You never add enough salt.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z With a window, a back door as well as a front door, and a hearth for cooking, there would be plenty of room for the three of them. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “I expect your cooking smells as good to her as it does to me.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “You said you were going to cook up a feast, didn’t you? So go get cooking. Ampai’s got a lot to catch up on from being gone so long.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “Our school is having an international festival, and the cooking club is part of a showcase,” I tell her. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z On my boat I had discovered the aluminum, disposable cooking utensils, frying pans and deep dishes. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t tell her that I was too distracted with cooking to check that I had clean clothes. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I was hating all of the Christmas cooking and tunes and dumb holiday specials...but this one Christmas gift had slowly grabbed hold of something inside of me. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I looked at them, twirling little sticks inside tins filled with mud, pretending to be cooking, porridge maybe. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She watched them clean and gut it and build a cookfire on the far side of the stream, and the smell of cooking meat mingled queerly with the stench of corruption. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Rats wouldn’t eat my mother’s cooking. There was this pot shop, though. No one ever made a bowl o’ brown like them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As a little kid, one of the first things I ever learned to do with my hands was the ritual of rice—washing it, cooking it. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z He explained how his factory took leftover cooking grease from restaurants and turned it into nice, white soap. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z They offered me a bit of rabbit that was cooking on the fire. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She had fixed Jordan a steak dinner and an apple pie, and Monique was not known for her good cooking. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I was cooking dinner and she was sitting at the table reading El Diario. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Well, Mrs. van D. does the cooking and Mother does the dishes and polishes the furniture. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z If you have only a room, with a hot plate at best, you can’t save by cooking up huge lentil stews that can be frozen for the week ahead. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When used in cooking, its resin lent a pungent, onionlike taste perhaps not unlike modern asafoetida; when taken as medicine, the juice was said to cure sore throats, warts, fever, sour stomach, leprosy, and baldness. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z One time, they had their little pot cooking when they heard the guards coming. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z So we skip the pancakes with all the cooking and measuring, and jump to the eating—by the way, sausage sandwiches are always a quadrillion times better than TV dinners, that's for sure. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “I can’t give you all my cooking secrets in one day.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z On the eighth day Kunthi came as I was cooking the rice water. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’ll have the house to care for and the marketing and cooking.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Since Aunt Ivy had been reluctant to trade in her wood cookstove, I was well versed in how to use one, at least for cooking; baking was beyond me. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I wished I didn’t know that I was marching my sisters into a boiling pot of trouble cooking in Oakland. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z At its end was the kitchen, noisy and clattering with the sounds of cooking. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He kept griping and groaning about losing her cooking—and more important, his ’78 Camaro—for the whole weekend. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z There's the fridge full of my mother's cooking: stewed okra, white rice with cumin, and meatballs. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The Captain was making tea and cooking potatoes for his supper when we arrived. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “They will return in the evening. They said you should rest, Mama, when you come. I am cooking rice and chicken.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And he’d get stuck there and start cooking like a lump of pot roast. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z It’s a hard thing to live with in the dark, and I lie awake cooking up plans to go hunt for him. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I can smell dinner cooking and realize we’ve been out canvassing all day and I’m getting hungry. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z As is the Chinese cook’s custom, my mother always made disparaging remarks about her own cooking. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z All Reggie did was slowly reach for his own neck where Mong was choking him, and then he stood up carefully and went back to cooking dinner. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Even if Mom remembers to pick me up tomorrow, I have no cooking partner. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I could hear laughter and smell barbecue cooking. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Skinny dogs lay in the sun of the unpaved road; open sewers at either side obliterated the spicy smells wafting from cooking fires. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z As she paid for the chickens she thought it takes a lot of cooking and cleaning and scrubbing to pay for these trips but it’s worth it. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She comes in for her cooking lesson afterward with dirt under her nails but she’s still not smiling. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Her days were spent doing housework, cooking, and caring for her family, but instead of her parents and siblings, she now looked after her husband and soon their children. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z No one is cooking in the kitchen even with the nice stove and refrigerator filled with food. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Omakayas sat near the cooking fire and slowly, with deep inner fury, ate a bowl of cold stew. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Once it was discovered, cooking became one of the most important tools of the human omnivore. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Microwave brownies were as close as I ever got to cooking. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z When Mrs. Hameed is pleased with the mixture, she puts the whole pot into the oven so it can finish cooking. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I go out to the kitchen, where my mother is cooking breakfast. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z My father would marry two or three more wives, who would spatter cooking oil on our bare toes and lie that we were crying for naughtiness. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “And if you can stand Philomel’s cooking," he went on, “though I might try to get her mother while you are here. Do you think she would come?" turning to Mariequita. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Hers had both the cooking area and an eating area, which hadn’t been set up for eating. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I demonstrate, feeling just like Mama in front of her cooking club. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z When Albert looks up from the stove, he startles but only says, “Hello,” and “Watch your head,” and waves his cooking spoon as the giant dodges the light fixture. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Beyond it a little camp had been set up, with five or six tents and the remains of cooking fires. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Sasha and her friends had taken a shine to cable cooking shows and sometimes commandeered the residence kitchen to decorate cookies or whip up elaborate, multicourse meals for themselves. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Scrambled?” his father asked, holding up the pan where the eggs were cooking. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z I stared into the flames, which reminded me about helping my mother with the cooking and made me cry. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It is his invention for cooking, and he is proud of it. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Doing laundry, cooking, cleaning, Mama Ya-Ya keeps teaching me every day. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z They asked what I was doing cooking hot dogs by myself at the age of three. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Is this a cooking class or a comedy club? A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, she kept cooking my favorite meals, even though she really didn’t have the time. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Dolorous Edd always seemed to know what was cooking. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When I opened my eyes, I lay for a minute, watching Osh as he stood at the stove, cooking porridge in a scabby pot. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He was finishing a batch of caramel fudge in the cooking room at the back of the store. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “If she loves it so much, she should quit waiting tables and get a job cooking.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Sometimes she took other jobs, cooking or cleaning house for people in the town. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She is handy at cooking anything living or dead, but heaven be praised, Mother rejected the monkey, with its little dead grin. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His visits home are different now; often it’s Sonia who does the cooking. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I have to admit that it smells amazing, especially mixed with the smell of the breakfast Pop Pop’s got cooking on the stove. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I really wanted to do Italian cooking, but June convinced me to do art, since we had such a fun time painting the sets. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Mrs. P., a friend of Miep’s, has been cooking his meals. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I barely have an appetite, partly because Mom’s cooking isn’t as good as Dad’s. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The young man had built a small fire and was cooking a piece of sausage he had taken from a package. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He was shaking and saliva dripped out of his mouth as the smell of smoked meat, dried fish, and various stews wafted out from the cooking huts. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z She took the money she had saved—money the missionary lady paid her for cooking—and she stopped by Emma’s to tell them good-bye. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Quietly she put down her cooking pot and crept to the top of a dome-shaped frost heave, one of the many earth buckles that rise and fall in the crackling cold of the Arctic winter. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “When we get back, I’ll throw that boy in his mother’s cooking pot and make her watch him die!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z What if their early fire right out in the open was for cooking up a third stranger who wandered across their path? The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The rest of the space was for cooking and sitting, a table and an easel. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z As the days grow warmer, they stop cooking complicated things. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a safe, secure welcome in opening the kitchen door and being greeted by the warm aroma of cooking, and my mother and Ultima. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I was still cooking when I heard the sound of his cane and the dragging thump of his feet; he was holding himself up by leaning against the wall. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z When she used to do the shopping, the pantry was always stocked with extra bottles of olive and com oil, depending on whether they were cooking Italian or Indian. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z My grandfather and I are in the kitchen the next day after school, and he’s complaining about my mother’s cooking. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z “Can I come this weekend so we can cook coconut rice? Fll do the cooking,” she said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I’m only happy when I’m scrubbing my floors and cooking my food,” Santa told her guests. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the cooks renders cooking fat with herbs to rub into our chapped skin. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The fish and greens are already cooking in a stew, but that will be for supper. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But since it makes you happy to have people eat your cooking, I will do my best.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Eating starch, choosing when to tackle the yoke, sewing, picking, cooking, chopping. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She and my mother became friendly and sometimes shared the cooking duties. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I brought groceries from the store; twice he came to the back door as I was leaving the eggs and asked for specific things—he had run out of salt; he needed cooking oil. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The place was alive with vermin and the smell of cooking hung in the air day and night. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He placed a pot of ground millet, a packet of snuff, cooking utensils, and a calabash of beer at the top. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was cooler here than in the smoke-filled kitchen, where three neighbors were cooking at the same time. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A cupboard of heavy walnut put together with wooden pegs stood near the fireplace and held dishes, food, and cooking utensils. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I burst into the kitchen and found Jeffrey doing his “cooking” thing on the floor. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z In the middle was a cooking area with a fireplace and stew pots. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z When I got home from the library, my mother was cooking everything in sight. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Now cooking was an exercise in heightened anxiety. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “The house will not always be so clean, the cooking may be a little hasty, and the whining children will sit on my lap and I’ll sing to them while I work.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z At mealtimes he stood by the cooking pots and rubbed his stomach. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z As he moved across the courtyard, the distinct smell of firewood and some kind of meat cooking made his stomach grumble. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Harry wondered whether it would be possible to eat enough of whatever Xenophilius was cooking to spare his feelings. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The women have a schedule that rotates once a week: cooking, laundry, cleaning, washing the floors. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “She said she’d drop me off here in the morning. Then she has to go and get groceries for our dinner. She’s cooking a roast chicken.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The sun beat down through the trees, mixing its rays in the pale blue smoke of the cooking fires. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Inside it was half-dark, for there was only one window high up on the wall and a thick blue smoke was rising from a corner where a young woman was busy cooking. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Now his sister had to team up with his mother to do the cooking, although that didn't create much trouble because people were eadng almost nothing. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z The kind people have, an iron box in which I put a coal left over from cooking. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Others chatted with their neighbors or prepared a bit of food, feeding the cooking fires with leaves and twigs. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I had a bag of groceries with me — more milk, more cornflakes, and more bananas, for my inspection of the kitchen earlier in the day had revealed no spare pots, pans, or cooking utensils. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He spotted a harp in one corner, a loom in another, and a big cooking pot where the stew was bubbling, filling the cavern with luscious smells. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She seemed to warm up to me a little and she was patient with my ignorance of cooking. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Templeton had separate African maids for her cooking, cleaning, and laundry. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Williams got a job cleaning and cooking for a white minister on the other side of town, and Pauline, now the oldest girl at home, took over the care of the house. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, there was more happening than just cooking. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Ma, I am always hungry for your cooking, he assures her. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z When they arrived, the first thing Mama did was unroll the reed mats for the roof of the shelter, then the blankets, then take out new paddles and the cooking pot. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He was cooking cow feet stew and dirty rice. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z So that was what Dad and I did for the next hour, him cooking and me measuring ingredients, and it was nice. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z For some reason it hadn’t dawned on me earlier that I was cooking a very difficult meal for a group of very picky food experts. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z She cried until Aunty Ifeoma finished cooking the rotting meat in a spicy stew. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Why not think of it instead as a form of pleasurable mastery, like cooking or photography? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z As night fell over the hushed, shadowy hills of the countryside, I thought of the women in the camp, spending their days cooking with corn and rice, tending to their children, gossiping about camp life. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Through lips as white and brittle as a swallow’s egg, Jacob said, “I suppose someone was careless with their cooking fire.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z It looked like a hundred people were sitting around it, watching things bum or waiting for the food cooking in three big pots set up in the fire. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z The apartment smells strongly of cooking; on the stove, a few large pieces of chicken are browning in a pan full of oil. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s clear to me: no matter how boring I find Mama’s cooking club, I’ll try to win over that girl Elizabeth and make sure the club is a success. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z On the first Thursday of July, at twelve noon, Miss Celia gets up from the bed for her cooking lesson. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “The food is nearly ready. It’s nothing much, home cooking, you know.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Then she stopped and resumed cooking the dinner with an unnatural smile on her face as she stirred the greens, and forced herself to think about happy things. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z After camp was set and dinner was cooking, I idled around the wagons, examining the knots Roent used to lash his cargo into place. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She was cooking a soup, pouring herbs and medicines into the steaming pot. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The doneness of the animal going around and around said it had been cooking for a while. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z When we got back from church, I went into the kitchen of the manor-house, where Mary was cooking the dinner and John cleaning the knives, and I said— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Our village had no electricity, and our daytime cooking fires burned too low at night to give off any light, so each night brought nearly total darkness to the inside of our house and luak. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Although the sun had barely set, light shone from the kitchen window, and I smelled food cooking. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z She’s been cooking for three days, and my sisters and I have been helping her. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z My mom’s relatives tended to gather at Southside’s house around the corner—drawn by my grandfather’s cooking, the ongoing games of bid whist, and the exuberant blasting of jazz. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Well, that can’t be right,” she said, annoyed, and Harry heard her reshuffling vigorously as she set off again, leaving nothing but a whiff of cooking sherry behind her. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Speaking of cooking, what do you think of frybread for an early dinner?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Smells like sweet corn cooking, only better,” she said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “I be a fine midwife’s apprentice now. I know about babies and birthing, singing songs and cooking chickens, crying and laughing and reading.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The smell of hot breakfast filled the air, and she followed the sounds of cooking to the kitchen. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Mom must be home and she must be cooking or cleaning, because that’s the only time she goes into gospel music mode. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Dominic had made a fire and was cooking our supper. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Sarah had managed to overcome my uncertainty, my ignorance of cooking on an open hearth and teach me quite a bit. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Chronicler quickly decided that whatever the man was cooking in the iron pot, he wanted none of it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There were stalls that sold food and drink already prepared, and stalls that sold vegetables and fish for cooking at home. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Three days later, while Cole was cooking lunch in the fire pit, a rock struck the ground only feet away. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The room smells of old books and last night’s fire and, faintly, something savory from the kitchen—it’s Friday; Terry must be cooking for the weekend. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The cooking vessels were unwashed and a blanket thrown across a chair was stained and in need of mending. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Her mother was silent, just focusing on cooking. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Big Ma hadn’t started cooking, and she didn’t show any signs of getting started. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I look around and catch sight of the papers from the cooking club last night, lying on the kitchen counter with a bunch of unopened mail. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Just be sure to tell her later that her cooking was the best you ever tasted, that it was far better than Auntie Su’s,” I told Rich. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z But once again, humans figured out a way to safely eat cassava, by pounding and then cooking it. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z We all sat around the picnic table, cooking and eating. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Ma was busy all day long, cooking good things for Christmas. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is how you and I will honor her. By cooking together.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “All she say is she want him to think she can do the cooking and the cleaning herself. But that ain’t why. She hiding something from him.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Mom was coming home late, so I knew Dad was cooking today. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z She opened up the search engine on Mama’s smartphone and scrolled through some recipes on the cooking website they liked to use. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Some scholars believe there is a direct link between the advent of cooking, the shortening of the human intestinal track, and the growth of the human brain. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I lit four black-cherry candles that are mixing surprisingly well with the feast my parents are cooking up. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “This is my rest. I have brought ingredients to make a proper soup for my son. I know you try, but you are only a boy. What does a boy know about real cooking?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A great blaze was crackling in the center of the camp, and he could smell stew cooking. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Back in Brooklyn, Big Ma wouldn’t stand for cooking without pork on a Sunday. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I could still hear Mrs. Baylor in the kitchen, cooking my dinner. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z A cooking apple spectacularly exploded on Squelch's head, ten feet away. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z She also did all the cooking for her family. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was more apt to sulk these days, to fault her cooking, to complain about clutter around the yard or point out even minor uncleanliness in the house. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I thought about Elzenia being at home and maybe cooking dinner for us. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a wicked point to all the sewing and cooking that they were trying to impress upon me, the tedious lessons I had been spurning and ducking. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z These are not pots for cooking, I should point out, just decorative pots deployed to catch stray beams of sunlight or reflect the owners’ no doubt expensively buffed and peeled faces. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a cooking fire, the flames represented by shards of red glass; a small, roughly made bench; and assorted tools, gourds, and shells. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When she is not in the kitchen cooking, she is out in the greenhouse getting it in order. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The hams and the venison hung in their paper wrappings, and all the bunches of dried herbs, the spicy herbs for cooking and the bitter herbs for medicine, gave the place a dusty-spicy smell. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why not? Your food is amazing, and you love cooking.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I only been cooking white Thanksgivings since Calvin Coolidge was President. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z When he awakened the sun was cooking the inside of his mouth and had dried his tongue to leather. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z After hearing about his cooking experience while in prison, Ariana took a chance on Marcus and gave him a job. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z That included baking a wild yeast bread and cooking a wild pig two different ways. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Winter’s daily routine settled into splitting firewood, carrying water from the stream, cooking, reading, and doing schoolwork. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Sherpas put in the route, set up the camps, did the cooking, hauled all the loads. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Finally we’re done cooking and everything is ready to go into aluminum containers. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It was good to eat her cooking again, but Baba didn’t compliment it. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z “I hope that’s enough time, Minny Do you think I’m getting any better at cooking?” she says, and I look at her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She scrolled through chat shows, cooking shows, home decorating shows, cop shows, movies. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Yes, I could see there was charcoal for cooking it, and shriveled red pili-pili peppers for spicing it, and calabash bowls to put it in, but where was the it, whatever it was? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z As for herself, she’d begun leaving the radio on all day, and cooking big complicated meals involving multiple bowls. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z In poured a crowd of excited waiters, cooks and dishwashers brandishing mallets, cooking forks and other unpleasant weapons. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I knew my mom was cooking something because the crisp, cool air was infused with a delicious aroma. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I begin cooking up some lake vine soup, boiling in a 500 ml beaker. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The earlier pleasure over his approval of her cooking had evaporated. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z In her homeland she had started many fires, but usually with a burning stick from someone’s cooking fire. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “I reckon if there’s anything you ought a know about cooking, it’s this.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She was watching a cooking show on television. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Some are cooking breakfast, others are just waking up, and many are still asleep on the side of the road or in the grass. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But she talked to me in cooking club last week, so I mumble a quick hello. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “I agree. Let’s go see what Grandma’s cooking. After I sneak you in.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z They entered a dark, surprisingly clean kitchen, its walls lined with huge vats that looked better suited to laundry than cooking. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She even asked once if I liked her cooking. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I was so busy cooking the best meal that I could possibly get together that I didn’t say much either. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I sneak a peek, looking up at the kids gathered around the cooking island. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He was completely confused about why it had all happened, but he wasn’t naive enough for one moment to start cooking up any clever plans for escaping. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z I noticed she reeked powerfully of fat and roast cooking. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Ma was in the kitchen cooking our Sunday breakfast when we came in. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z He struggles but fails to recall her presence at Pemberton Road; still, he is secretly pleased that she has seen those rooms, tasted his mother’s cooking, washed her hands in the bathroom, however long ago. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Texarkana was a big city, but the cooking was just as good as home. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Her cooking was so agonizingly close to that of his family’s old cook that his stomach fairly ached with the resemblance, even as his mouth thrilled. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z In the kitchen there was cutlery and cooking pans and english china. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I got the cuts and bruises playing outside and the burns from cooking hot dogs. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Sara says, “I can see how some people think that cooking is fun.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “What are you cooking up, Jinx? The last time you were this interested in my courting Pearl Ann, I ended up smelling like a glacial skunk.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Ribbons of laughter rose like cooking smells from downstairs. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I really did have to live near water for cooking and drinking and comfort. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Here at least I could smell chicken cooking somewhere. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She finished cooking the rabbit and put the whole thing in the warmer part of the black stove. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The fireplace not only provided heat in winter, it was the source of light, and it was used for cooking. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I mean she walks through the door, drops her bags and coat on the chair by the door without stopping on her way straight into the kitchen to start cooking. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z While Mama tells the class the correct and incorrect ways of cooking vegetables—the microwave makes them soft but also wrinkles their skin—I zone out. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z They had never had guests before, and they went to work like darling elves, sweeping, mopping, cooking, baking—making mattresses of straw and burlap bags, setting tables, putting party favors at each place. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Dayah gives most of our belongings to the other family: extra blankets and cushions, cooking pots and water containers, old clothes and food. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z At least when she was home in Soweto, I could picture her cooking in the kitchen or reading in the lounge, I could imagine her waking up in the house I knew so well. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nilufer is so excited you are here. She and my mother have been cooking up a storm all day.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Lacking wood for the stove most of the time, she took to turning her electric iron upside down, plugging it into the one outlet, and cooking their stew on it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z First, the holidays came and Aibileen had to work late almost every night, wrapping presents and cooking for Elizabeth’s Christmas party. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Families light cooking fires across the open air settlement. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I picture myself sitting in class, all the kids from cooking club glaring knives at me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z In fact, cooking probably was a turning point in human evolution. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I asked, peering over her shoulder to see what she was cooking. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z There was wood everywhere: in fences; as cooking spits; laid down in walkways over muddy patches; and in big stacks by the fires. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I could even smell China, and it was the smell of food cooking, of steam rising from so many rice bowls it hung in a mist over the land. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “In fact, tonight, remind me to leave out some cooking ingredients. By morning, they will have baked us a treat.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Wisely these men choose to represent themselves with useful things—knife, bottle, matches, cooking pot. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He paused before a small white cottage, snuffling ecstatically the wonderful aroma of cooking drifting out mingled with wood smoke. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Across the back of the building were the cooking and sewing labs with their banks of stoves and Singers. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The foxes came when I was cooking my food and stood outside gazing through the cracks, and the wild dogs also came, gnawing at the whale ribs, growling because they could not get in. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z They scattered the cooking fire and rolled the new weaving in it. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m surprised she’s forgiven that girl for choosing someone else as her cooking showcase partner. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I had my first bath and real home cooking in a long time. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come on. I have to reprogram the pantry before it starts cooking.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Their ordinary moments—answering the door, cooking in the kitchen, dancing to Adina Howard—assaulted me and expanded my notion of the human spectrum. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z "I've been experimenting. It's not that different from cooking. You just distill something over and over until you get the richest scent you can." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Mrs. Weasley was clattering around, cooking breakfast a little haphazardly, throwing dirty looks at her sons as she threw sausages into the frying pan. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z They cooked a cup of rice to eat, but neither Con nor Kaede had much experience with cooking, and the rice began to burn. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I’m surprised to realize that I don’t hate cooking as much as I used to, at least when I’m in the kitchen with a friend. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The smoke of the cooking fires hung in the evening air, and the setting sun spread its own kind of hazy gold over everything. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z No Mrs. Thompson bustling around cleaning and cooking or in her favorite spot, on the blue sofa glued to her favorite soap, Days of Our Young and Restless Lives, or whatever it was called. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z We sit opposite one another, Kat and I, two soldiers in shabby coats, cooking a goose in the middle of the night. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The well water is strictly for the gardens and cooking; to wash ourselves and our clothes we must walk a mile to the pond. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Why was his wife cooking for another man? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d sort all the clothes into piles and start to washing early in the morning before cooking breakfast. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Without her, the cooking and shopping will be very difficult, not to mention how much we’ll miss her company. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z She brought along a Sterno cooking outfit and two suitcases of food, mostly cereals and graham crackers. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hands, with long tapered fingers and wide nails, grasped pots and cooking spoons from shelves above the stove and placed them soundlessly on the glowing hot-plate burner. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Most nights the delicious smells of Mrs. Grasso’s cooking wafted under their door. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z “The life of a scythe would be dreadful if we didn’t allow ourselves the guilty pleasure of a hobby. Mine is cooking.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “I’d offer to help with dinner,” Uncle Phil says,“but I only know how to grill burgers. I’m useless at cooking anything else.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “I think we change cooks periodically,” said Maxim, “but the standard of cooking remains the same. Mrs. Danvers has all the recipes, she tells them what to do.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Then she presented herself at the makeshift cooking area to clean dishes. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z To keep us out of mischief, my mother often took my brother and me with her to her cooking job. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa Joe nodded, picked up the money, and tucked it behind his cooking apron. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought the hot water was for cooking. I never used hot water just for washing before.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You do realize that you are cooking your hands down in that big pot?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The stink of horse dung was heavy in the air, mingled with the woodsmoke and the smell of cooking meat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I hadn’t figured him for a deep interest in Greek cooking or French museums. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z But he kept coming to dinner, in part because he loved Kyung’s cooking. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I was starving and Sarah was cooking meat—probably a stew. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “You’d think they’d at least offer to wash up since they had nothing to do with the cooking,” she said in a low voice. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Then in the middle of her cooking my mother sat and cried, and we all stood by quietly. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Morning is usually her favorite time of day, when she can sip her chai and plan the afternoon’s cooking. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z And when Mandy taught me cooking secrets, I shared them with him. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Five children kneel on the floor near the cooking pot, looking at me with big, scared eyes. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I breathe deeply and walk into the kitchen to start cooking. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z A couple of girls from cooking club wave frantically to Mama. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z In Sunday morning I woke up to the smell of coffee land breakfast cooking. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z It was Hannah who found the bent spoon black from steady cooking. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Because I was one of the older children in Yar’s “family,” it was my chore to go to the river and draw water for cooking, drinking, and washing. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z For chalk, we had lumps of charcoal from the cooking pits. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “No? Laura, I know, was doing her cooking and things. Is she still?” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z If I didn’t know better, I would assume my mom messes up the rice so she can get out of cooking. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z When she began to throw cooking pots their way, Alyce and the boy lit out and ran all the way to Adam Blunt’s cottage. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z As Thanksgiving nears, the cooking competition is all I want to talk about. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z At mealtimes there was a huge round table, filled with all kinds of southern cooking, baked goods, and cold drinks. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Dadi only talked like that, all formal and stuff, when she was cooking up some cockamamie plan that would usually end up with something valuable broken. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Annie and Luke were already in the kitchen cooking spaghetti when the boys’ bus dropped them off and they came rampaging up the stairs. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z "I'm, er, sorry for your loss, Auntie. I'm also sorry my father got dysentery. My mother tries, but her cooking isn't perfect. So he sent me in his place. I'll try my best, I promise." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z "Probably somebody done your cooking for you, once." Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They didn’t get their cooking oil delivered either, other things as well. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z We have got something cooking and I can’t wait to start. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z “Your dad and I looked at the website for the cooking show you want to be on.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z And listening to a bunch of whiny white kids complain about the cooking club is actually excruciating. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Then he said in his conclusion that women were better cooking with oil and passing gas. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Old Rit had probably killed her pig, and was cooking it for the Christmas dinner. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Didn’t seem like the most sanitary guy in the world to oversee all the cooking, Thomas thought. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z And I definitely didn’t need to bring home leftovers, since Mom’s still cooking like a madwoman. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The bath water was steaming on the cooking stove, but Momma was scrubbing the kitchen table for the umpteenth time. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z While our parents are putting up the tent or making the fire or cooking, we sneak around behind the trees and bushes, aiming through the leaves. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The hardships of washing and cooking in a drought. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I cant get no cooking done with all that racket. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z During all of my other classes, we were told not to talk to each other, but in home ec, we could talk as we learned the art of fine cooking. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They took their meals together, and Mrs. Dudley’s cooking stayed perfect. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z When Mom was, well, Mom, she loved cooking. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I muck up my mother’s kitchen floor and pots, cooking the gesso, and ruin panel after panel before I can work out how to paint it on for a smooth working surface. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Mama spends almost the same amount of time washing her pots and cleaning her blender as she does actually cooking. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z While that’s cooking, I pick at the rotting parts of the onions. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “In my world servants do the cooking,” she said scornfully. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Later my mother surprised all of us by announcing that she was cooking dinner. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I feel it in the kitchen, where we jostle for space when cooking our evening meals. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z My cooking isn’t as good as Mama Ya-Ya’s, but I make do. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Someone’s always cooking something, and the lobby smells delicious: butter and onion and curry and other spices. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Molly has been cooking quite a bit lately, reasoning that if Dina tries some dishes that don’t have animal protein front and center, she’ll see how many more options are available. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z But he called his mother on her cell and she told him to load up the cooking stuff from their garage. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z There were cooking implements, and a large wooden cage, currently empty, in another corner. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z I’ll never get used to everybody knowing what time you get up in the morning and what you’re cooking for breakfast. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine any of it, Papa cooking, Papa pretending. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z When I first told Maddy there was a South Asian cooking club, she crinkled her freckled nose and said, “No. Thank. You.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z It's a rectangle with a henna-inspired border and a cooking pot in the middle with steam rising from it. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Mom’s cooking and her hands are full of guck, but she says can Georges stay for dinner?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I go to the kitchen and pour him a glass from Pascagoula’s cooking bottle, top it off with plenty of water. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Andeg returned that evening to sit just outside the circle of the outdoor cooking fire. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z If he was cooking, there must be smoke coming from the chimney. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The house smelled of Fels Naphtha and the sharp odor of mustard greens cooking. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Normally cooking for parties leaves her without an appetite, but tonight she looks forward to serving herself, sitting among her guests. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Normally, Ben was in charge of the cooking, as Joon was in charge of the fire, and Oz and Jak handled the fishing. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Thank God she hasn't lost her cooking skills, even though her hands aren't as steady these days. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I thought cooking was women’s work,” I say, trying to use his logic against him. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z After a long day of cooking, the women had gathered around the radio as they cleaned up. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z One corner for cooking, one for clothes, one for bedding rolls, one for dying in. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z While I swabbed the inside of my nose with the Q-tip, she got busy with cooking her hands. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry about your mom. I wish she was here, too. Ma was saying how she was gonna be cooking and cracking jokes. Don’t worry. We’ll figure everything out.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z There may have been more of it if Sarah had been cooking, but it wouldn’t have tasted any better. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I glanced toward the kitchen, where Mama and Baba were busy cooking. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z When we are cooking, we can walk up and take a chile or two from the living plant and toss them into the cook pot to hotten things up. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z She relented when she was cooking something like curry or a casserole, because she knew I would not even taste foods when she combined them in some disgusting way. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Sister Fenella should have been cooking by now, and there were sisters he didn’t know very well hurrying along the corridors, looking anxious. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Summer’s the best time for cooking outside. The smells make everyone come and talk to me. I make people happiest in summer. There’s nothing wrong with wanting that feeling to last.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z "Leave supper to us. Livia's cooking up a lasagna for you guys. Halal, of course." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z All I want is my mother here with me—her voice, her jokes, her cooking, her advice. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Luke kept interrupting the cooking process, so Mr. Ferris helped him unpack the helicopter. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I have to be the perfect cooking student. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z An elderly woman, the resident, was cooking for him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He hated the food because it reminded him of how wonderful Celia’s cooking had been. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad didn’t drive and I didn’t have a license yet, so I did more cooking and cleaning and shopping and laundry while Mom drove. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z The smells of food cooking and cigarette smoke mask the reek of waste. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “I’m good on Dickens, cooking, current events, politics...let’s see, oh, and cats.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Sometimes we girls pretended that we were cooking, and we’d make plates and cooking pots out of clay, the way Sudanese women do. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The house was festive, and we were surrounded by the aroma of mincemeat and sweet potato pies cooking in the oven. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Not only am I bad at cooking, I’m bad at being hungry. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z A sign on the door said cooking was strictly forbidden. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I ain’t trying to be disrespectful of Ma’s cooking when I say that neither. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Mrs. Boll was bound to be inside, cooking up the fresh muskrat we’d sold her, so we might have a clean shot at swiping a couple of melons and not being noticed. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z We lived on the middle floor, stuck between cooking smells that floated up and feet sounds that drifted down. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z We returned to Macún in a rickety truck, our furniture and cooking utensils tied to the sides, our clothes and bedding bundled into cushions. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I figure she gonna tell me I shouldn’t be doing Biddy’s cooking for her or some such. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Thanks to Muff, Naomi’s Southern cooking had improved. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But when the cooking club finds out I stood there and let Mrs. Kluck blame everyone, they’re going to hate me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The family employed a full-time housekeeper to help with laundry, cleaning, and cooking. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Then without warning as the road enters a valley the rain stops and there is a white grease pat of a sun cooking up there in its sky. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Before I could start cooking, I heard a voice and froze. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Uncle Jet was cooking some flank steaks on an open-fire grill, while his dad chopped wood to keep the fire going. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The man’s wife chopped it up and they used the wood for their cooking fire. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z He did some of the laundry, most of the cooking, and all the lifting and carrying. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z He hadn’t expected all this cooking and wanted to help. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z They didn’t really have a plan beyond finding the fastest way to the Hubbard Glacier, but Percy smelled something cooking nearby— sausage, maybe? The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z And she leached the walls of a brown shiny nastiness deposited by cooking fat and kerosene lamps. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But Cletus and Ob were as enthralled as cats in front of a fish tank, so I just kept them happy by cooking five turkey TV dinners in a row and refilling their RC’s. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z “I like cooking, so there will be many opportunities for the improbable.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But that meant we all had to try to fill the dining room with Abuela’s essence—the thing our customers loved more than her cooking. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z His father had put hickory chips on the charcoal and the smell of the cooking turkey and the hickory smoke had filled die yard. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Ms. Raz learned my name only last year, when I delivered containers of my mother's cooking to her door. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Anytime Dimple kvetched about wanting to order a pepperoni pizza because she was tired of eating something Mamma was cooking, Mamma would bust out with that. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Afterwards, during her cooking lesson, she was still shaking so bad, she couldn’t even measure the salt in a spoon. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The fishing boat glided swiftly over, toward the good cooking smells. “£/” called the woman up to the boat. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Our ship creeps along the river route without lights without cooking without bathrooms. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Three picnic shelters had been erected for the pleasure of the people of Noank, three open-sided structures with shingled roofs, tables, and in each shelter a stone fireplace for cooking. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z And there were advertisements for gadgets, fascinating things, for cooking, cleaning, washing clothes, furniture and beds and cribs. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She stopped trying to unlock doors when she smelled cooking. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z She was glad when Shay and David took her outside to the cooking fire, where a group of younger uglies hung out. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z That was our joke, that cooking is what girls really like. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z On occasion, the foremen would bring a cooking pot out to the fields and everyone could eat his or her fill. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I keep my head down, the way I used to before Mama’s cooking club started. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z We were all so hungry that when we smelled the corn and lentils cooking, our bodies just couldn’t wait. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “And launder, too, my wife. But for cooking and washing you will have help.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Somewhere inside that building lived a Level 4 life form, and it was growing, multiplying, cooking inside hosts. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I hold the pizza Mom and I picked up after cooking club out of Robin’s reach. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z It is the kitchen door that was opened, they are cooking potato-cakes, the house reeks of it, and to-day of course is Saturday; that will be my sister leaning over. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Miss Lizzy, if I try cooking for you, you die of the tow-mane. I didn’t lie none about cooking. It was a ...” I didn’t know a right word. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Park's mom was very businesslike, like someone with a cooking show on PBS. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z He covered a pot with a metal lid and rested his cooking spoon to the side. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “I needed a cooking job since the restaurant I worked at closed,” he said, and paused his chopping again, holding the knife still above the sliced chilies. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z We lived three or four to a room, shared a single, icy toilet, and took turns cooking pots of egg curry, which we ate with our hands on a table covered with newspapers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Back home in Maine, he’d been spoiled by his mother’s cooking; the women on her side were gifted. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z By the time we caught up with them, Johnny’s mother was in the process of cooking the pizzas—which lets you know where his mother was coming from. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa always said, “The preacher comes here most often because he likes your mother’s cooking the best.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The She Elephant busied herself at the cooking pots. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “I was cooking ... when they made the announcement on the radio,” recalled Georgia Gilmore. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z With Mom working so much after he lost his job, he was trying his best, but I sure missed Mom’s cooking. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The resulting hole was about six inches deep, about the size of a washbasin, big enough for a cooking fire. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z We end up cooking grilled cheese in the toaster oven and bringing it into the living room to eat in front of the TV. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Under each arm was a cooking pot; whenever the sweat came trickling down—which happened frequently, it was a hot day—I had to stop and put them down before wiping my face. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “A boy who peeks into the cooking pot will beat his wife when he grows up.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z It really is a whole pig cooking inside a huge metal box covered with a sheet full of coals. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Wordlessly, she reaches up to the nape of her neck and undoes the loose bun she wears when cooking. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z In the early evening, when the cooking fires were lit and the first stars were coming out, a group of strangers arrived. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Tali will do the cooking,” Con said with a grin. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It happens when your brain isn’t even fully done cooking—when you’ve barely experienced anything, really. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “But no one asked Mother Gaither what she—” and Ma Charles said nicely, “You hush up, little missus, and take care of what’s cooking in your pot. Get off your feet and hush up.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z She looks up at the ceiling and declares, “I always loved your cooking, Grandma.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z By the time I smell lunch cooking on the gas burners in the kitchens, I’m hungry and fed up and already dreading the long afternoon ahead. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Seemed like my kitchen was on fire whenever Jazz was cooking. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Whenever Chew Wong sulked, his cooking suffered, and it finally was decided to allow Bill the run of the kitchen. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Planting, weeding, harvesting, making clay pots, cooking, making clothes—it is all for the girls and women to do. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Each day he kept busy cooking, carving, soaking in the pond, fishing, carrying the ancestor rock, washing clothes, doing schoolwork, and cutting firewood. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The church bazaars would leave the air redolent, smoky from mass cooking. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The small businessmen, government workers, and artisans who lived here could not afford the mansions of the Refined, but most of their homes were equipped with indoor plumbing, electric lights, and gas for cooking. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She watched as he rang up the return, expertly flipping the tiny egg in the frying pan like he was actually cooking it. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Some of the most arresting images focused on people—portraits of children at play, women cooking, and old men sitting in contemplation. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z She got up and went back to cooking, while I wandered away, bewildered. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “But, sah, I am cooking the food of your country; all the food you are eating as children I cook. In fact, I’m not cooking Nigerian foods, only foreign recipe.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I now found it irresistible to roam during the day while my mother was cooking in the kitchens of the white folks. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not as cool as having a garden on your rooftop, and cooking classes.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Light from cooking fires in derelict buildings softens the dense dark. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z For the rest of the meal, he talks nonstop about ancient Italy and the Italians’ love for clean, simple cooking, which means my project and this boy are forgotten. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z My mother was quiet at last, dabbing her nose with Kleenex while the minister talked: “I can just see her now, wowing the angels with her Chinese cooking and gung-ho attitude.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z As he talked, the kitchen filled with smoke again—we’d both forgotten he was cooking. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I started cooking Saturday’s meal on Tuesday morning, when I made the stock and started the wild yeast culture for the bread. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “I was just asking about cooking club. It’s not like we're friends or anything.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “I kept thinking,” she whispers, “if I was real still, if I brought somebody in to do the house and the cooking, maybe I could hold on to this one.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I gave her a nice mangrove snapper that I caught, and she had it cleaned and cooking over the flames in five minutes flat. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The barbecue men had been cooking the hogs since midnight, casting a spell property-wide. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Maybe, maybe not. Or maybe I’d cause a flood and people would be killed. That’s the problem with big magic. I only do little magic. Good cooking, my curing soup, my Tonic.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t like cooking. I can eat Indomie noodles day and night.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z We had dinner at a hot dog stand, with our backs to the ocean and its now cooler wind, our faces toward the heat of the cooking range. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The advent of cooking enabled humans to eat more kinds of food, to devote less time to eating, and to make do with smaller teeth and shorter intestines. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t finish cooking till six o’clock that night, two hours later than usual. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She ran the last few yards, afraid they had gone forever—but there was the chair the woman sat in, and the cooking equipment, and everything else. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But the money she made from cooking helped support us. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z His eyes widened at the sight of the nurse cooking his baby in the oven, but, rather than protest, he repeated his question about fetching the priest. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d had fried potatoes, too, in the days before the cooking oil ran out. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I’ve heard her keep up a running stream of commentary like this for hours while she’s cooking dinner or potting orchids. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s changed the channel on the television, from the cooking show to Nova, which she and Malcolm both love. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She enjoyed taking apart clocks and putting them back together again, cooking experiments, and horticulture, especially growing bonsai trees. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z She still sent me for water at the pump, but she began doing other things for me, things I could do perfectly well—cooking rice, peeling onions, scrubbing clothes. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z From the corridor came the smell of unfamiliar foods cooking. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z He watched his father discuss school with his sisters and cooking with his mother. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z The women in our culture are known for working incredibly hard, juggling so many things—raising the children, working on the farm, harvesting, fetching and chopping firewood, and then cooking dinner for the men. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Hanako loved the way you could always tell rice was cooking, and yet it had no smell. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z |
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