éclair
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I’m one heavenly bite into a mini éclair, and he shoots me a judgmental glare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
The éclair cake version uses that same dough piped into a square — you don't need to worry about it puffing up and forming a pocket, and if it doesn't rise well, who cares?
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2022
I do not recall what became of this botched beginning but am quite positive it did not magically turn into a chocolate éclair.
From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2018
In French the word for lightning is éclair.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2016
But you must have an éclair or a cream bun.
From The Judge by West, Rebecca
Dinklage, as he often does, immediately recalibrates the movie, as Roman summons his forces - minions who cower before him while he snacks on an eclair or sips a smoothie - to free his mother.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 17, 2021
Kids Baking Championship The nine remaining young bakers take on a new trend in baking — the radically elevated eclair — in this new episode.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2016
One $30, three-tiered set includes delicacies including bonito-broth-rolled omelet, venison ragu farfalle, lamb steak, roast chicken with tzatziki, pineapple fried rice and mango eclair.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2014
In the interest of fairness, I went to The Quarter too, for a Lumpy Bumpy – a glorious collision between a teacake and an eclair.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 7, 2010
A naiad had brought him a big platter of pastries, and as Tantalus spoke, his right hand chased a chocolate eclair across the judge’s- table.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
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