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Dessert comes from a French word meaning what?

dessert

[dih-zurt] / dɪˈzɜrt /


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As for dessert, I recommend keeping things almost aggressively simple.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

Ideally after lunch, I’ll get dessert at Humphrey Yogart.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 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

There’s a lot Tom Nancy likes about his new life as a human boy: sandwiches, climbing trees, dessert after dinner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

“We’ll have dessert after everyone else has had a chance to finish their food,” she says.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

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

She would often have me help her make desserts: fruit rolled in pastry, wrapped in cloth, tied and boiled, then taken out of the cloth, topped with icing, and baked.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers


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