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Recent Examples of potluck
Participants are encouraged, potluck-style, to bring a dish, ingredient or drink that others can enjoy.
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Pedro Moura,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
This summer dessert recipe is easy to prep ahead and tote to your next party or potluck.
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Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 July 2026
Below, Burke shares his best tips for making and sharing potluck desserts with your family, whoever that may be.
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Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Martha Stewart,
30 June 2026
Pasta salad is a classic potluck dish or simple weeknight dinner.
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Kate Williams,
AJC.com,
29 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for potluck
Pedro Moura,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
This summer dessert recipe is easy to prep ahead and tote to your next party or potluck.
—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 July 2026
Below, Burke shares his best tips for making and sharing potluck desserts with your family, whoever that may be.
—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Martha Stewart,
30 June 2026
Pasta salad is a classic potluck dish or simple weeknight dinner.
—
Kate Williams,
AJC.com,
29 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for potluck
Recent Examples of Synonyms for potluck
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At a charge, guests may also book a cute Patina Osaka wagon, packed with chairs, cuddly blankets, bites, and drinks for a bucolic picnic in the park.
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Besides the attire, those who attend can bring their own picnic food, a small table, white chairs, a white tablecloth, and two white napkins.
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Below are nine recipes featured in the special, offering everything from classic barbecue favorites to regional dishes inspired by communities across the country.
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At the beach, maybe, at a barbecue or whatever place sets fireworks pinwheeling through your holiday-happy mind.
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A couple of miles from the cemetery, a large group had gathered outside a small house for a holiday weekend cookout.
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In Phoenix, Steven Dortch, 25, and his brother JayLn Dortch, 23, gathered at Granada Park to try to forge a new July 4 cookout tradition.
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Today, the convent is a museum with exhibits on local history that’s sometimes used for wedding banquets and special events.
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It is also used for myriad events including garden parties, state banquets and national celebrations.
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Food and drink are available for purchase, with the restaurant offering a pig roast plus charcuterie boxes, while Pollyanna Brewing Company, Flagship on the Fox and Dukes Northwoods offer drinks and other bites.
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The Washingtons were known for fabulous roasts at their dinner parties, said Rose Young.
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Archaeologists digging in the New London County town uncovered the bake house earlier in June.
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Come bake and learn with us—and don’t forget to join the Bake Club Group chat over on Substack.
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Yvonne and Nick’s disastrous wedding dinner is the day the cast went from nobodies to actual practitioners of the reality-television arts and sciences.
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Without it, the experience risks drifting into the broad category of pretty resort dinner.
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The clambake is ready when the clams have fully opened, the potatoes are tender, the broth is bubbling and the sausage is heated through.
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Fittingly for a film about a foodie such as Bourdain, the cast, director, and audience headed downcoast for a lively beachside clambake outside the cozily rustic Provincetown Inn.
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