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Like Melian, I learned by watching my grandmother and mother cook, but that was unconscious, really — knowledge through osmosis.
From Washington Post • Sep. 13, 2022
Melian writes that tostadas were “invented as a way to use up leftovers. Toasting or frying stale tortillas turns them crunchy and delicious. And then you can top them with other leftovers.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 13, 2022
Athens insisted that Melos join its alliance, noting threateningly that the powerful do what they want and the weak must accept it, according to the historian Thucydides in his famous "Melian Dialogue."
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2015
So while she may be an important figure, I don't get the impression Melian is much present in the books?
From Time • Jan. 5, 2013
“Oh, but this is too lovely for anything,” cried Melian.
From The Heath Hover Mystery by Mitford, Bertram
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