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gelato

[juh-lah-toh] / dʒəˈlɑ toʊ /
NOUN
ice cream
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The best part: Instead of chain-hotel dining, I had pizza and gelato on the promenade for dinner, sunset drinks at a rooftop bar and ran along the water the next morning.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

That company has a market value of around $8 billion and houses brands including Breyers, Ben & Jerry’s and Talenti gelato.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 19, 2026

Outside, under the warm April sunshine, groups of joyous African pilgrims in flashy head wraps ate gelato by the Bernini fountain, seagulls circling overhead.

From BBC Apr. 25, 2025

Or the parfaits served at Kamebishi Co., one of Japan’s oldest soy sauce brewers, where soy sauce gelato melts into something creamy and briny, like a tide pool made decadent.

From Salon Apr. 16, 2025

The gelato sticks a little on my tongue as we walk the last blocks to home.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

In between savory courses, Bulgarini’s obsession with flavor pairings reveals itself in a curious parade of wine-splashed gelati.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2019

For dessert at Misi, there is only gelati, the pasta of dolci, six different flavors, including a wonderfully powerful espresso.

From The New Yorker Nov. 23, 2018

Bonus points for bold and flavorful salads and antipasti, locally sourced ingredients and house-made gelati.

From Washington Post Jan. 3, 2018

When it comes to Mr. Headley’s gelati and sorbets, I try to adopt a Buddha-like state of nonattachment.

From New York Times Sep. 1, 2015

The musicians were concealed in the “snuggery,” playing airs from favorite operas, while waiters from Doney’s served gelati and paste and champagne at little tables scattered throughout the garden.

From The Spell by Orcutt, William Dana

“But Olivia got gelatos all day long,” my older son replied, and I reminded him that Olivia also drew Jackson Pollock imitations on her bedroom wall and I didn’t let him do that either.

From Washington Post Mar. 10, 2023

It’s a bracing, even exhilarating change from the usual creamy, dense chocolates or gelatos that litter most restaurant dessert menus.

From Seattle Times Aug. 18, 2022

Fuelled by two giant gelatos we're well over the two-hour mark into an interview for the BBC TV documentary Free Spirits.

From BBC Jan. 31, 2022

Along with the gelatos, coffees and pastries are served at indoor and outdoor tables.

From New York Times Mar. 15, 2021

According to Dr. Luce, the gene first appeared in my bloodline sometime around 1750, in the body of one Penelope Evan- gelatos, my great-grandmother to the ninth power.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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