dessert
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Crumbl, the high-end dessert chain serving up oversized cookies, has closed a swath of stores nationwide including seven in California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Arrange flowers, prepare a simple dessert spread and refrigerate anything perishable.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
While the other judges sometimes treat dessert as something illicit, Lawson’s unabashed enthusiasm for baked goods is a welcome change.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
What Tom Nancy hasn’t accounted for are the great trials of life as a human child: homework, chores, no dessert after dinner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
"Oh," I said, "I like to do a lot of things. Don't you want a dessert?"
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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For $26.99, diners get unlimited helpings of some two dozen dishes—hearty mains, decadent sides and a few choice desserts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
The findings suggest that a compound commonly associated with desserts and sweet fragrances could eventually contribute to an entirely different field: helping scientists develop better ways to protect damaged tissue and support healing.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
“Wattle seed’s coffee and chocolate notes add a native differential to certain dishes, but specifically desserts and canapés,” says Bendrau.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
Cook and former Great British Bake Off star Crystelle Pereira says "sweetcorn belongs in desserts"
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
You can buy sweets and treats, gooey, sticky, honey-dipped, date-stuffed fabulous Arabic desserts on giant round silver trays.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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