a la mode
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Her hearty pecan pie recipe comes complete with a no-churn ice cream pairing, because no slice deserves to go without an a la mode moment.
From Salon ● May 30, 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
Go there for 21 kinds of pie — and four scoops of vanilla ice cream, if you ask for it a la mode.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2018
Plop down in a swivel chair and make sure to order your dessert a la mode.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2016
A diet of pork chops, pie a la mode, and chocolate was obviously better for your skin than healthy, nutritious plankton.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
In fact, Imprint’s Mind Body Baby: Astrology is part of a very à la mode four-book series that purports to boil down the New Age for ages 0 and up.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2020
“He would say they had ‘class à la mode.’
From Washington Times ● Apr. 28, 2020
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
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
After a plate in the series of etchings by Sébastien Le Clerc, Les Figures à la mode, 1685.
From John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut by Jacob Kainen
