sherbet
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He illuminated the auditorium with candles and converted the private boxes into buffets stocked with alcohol, coffee, hot chocolate, sherbet and carved meats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Mandalay Beach, also known as Oxnard State Beach, has sherbet sunsets over its dunes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2024
Then came the Romans who brought hard durum wheat, and the Arabs who introduced sherbet, couscous and eggplant, not to mention a penchant for stuffed foods, pistachios and spices like saffron and cinnamon.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2023
In the case of a certain brocade latticed with wildflowers, that idea was an unlikely color palette; Sabyasachi elevated sophisticated shades of sherbet — vintage lime, guava and banana — with raw silk.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
Bubble-gum pink, with fire-engine red, with peachy sherbet, with bright cinnamon.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
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The 800-square-foot shop serves 40 flavors of ice cream alongside sherbets, sorbets and fresh-fruit freezes; I opted for two scoops of strawberry cheesecake.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2018
Sweetshops peppered his boyhood and boyhood writing: lemon sherbets, bootlaces, gobstoppers and toffees; hard-boiled sweets served by boot-faced proprietors.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 13, 2016
There were savoury sausages, and sweet sherbets of every flavour, with coinciding lollipops to dip in them.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 11, 2013
Catherine de Medicis appears to have introduced sherbets and ices, possibly ice cream, to France in 1533, when she arrived there with her retinue to marry the future Henry II.
From Time Magazine Archive
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They include ice creams of various kinds, frozen custards and punches, sherbets, ices, frappés, mousses, parfaits, and biscuits.
From Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 4: Salads and Sandwiches; Cold and Frozen Desserts; Cakes, Cookies and Puddings; Pastries and Pies by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
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