a la mode
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It’s about 10 miles off our route but is an air-conditioned oasis of burgers, pie a la mode and endless ice water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
This icebox treat lands somewhere in between brownie a la mode and traditional ice cream sandwiches.
From Salon ● May 27, 2022
Do we think that in five years’ time there’ll have been a massive kick back and proper Crazy Gang up-and-unders will be a la mode?
From The Guardian ● Sep. 16, 2019
On the desserts list: decadent cookies a la mode and kombucha floats.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 13, 2019
“Yes! I dream of tripes a la mode de Caen—warm—with sweetbread.”
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
It’s just the dish to celebrate Mel Brooks’s legacy: Mud pie, à la mode.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2023
The backdrop is a cubist cityscape; their hair is cropped in the manner of Parisian garçons; and their red lips and shaded eyes are thoroughly à la mode.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 5, 2018
It has remained there, waxing and waning à la mode.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 11, 2017
Don’t miss: The bleu cheese haystack -- a pile of shoestring fries covered in blue cheese and buffalo wing sauce -- and the apple-filled glazed doughnut served à la mode.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2015
There, now; that's something that I can quite recommend; it's decidedly à la mode, worn by all the duchesses, countesses, baronesses, and lady mayoresses, at all the balls, routs, conversaziones, and concerts given this season!
From The Crown of Success by A. L. O. E.
