dessert
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Australian champion Rob Reid took the speciality award - where competitors can combine oatmeal with any ingredients - with his porridge cannoli, an oaty spin on a tube-shaped dessert that originated in Sicily.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
“A tank in the battlefield now is like a dessert cake—the drone boys will be fighting each other over the right to strike it first,” Jurašs said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Dinner for two at a neighborhood trattoria recently ran us $86 with appetizers, one cocktail and no dessert.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
One time, both mother and daughter ordered the most expensive dessert at about $16 each only to eat half of one and left the other — that kind of waste.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
While they were having dessert, Bess asked, "Did you hear about the brown and white speckled pony Ms. Waters found in her garden yesterday?"
From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene
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I missed the creative process and dreaming-up desserts seemed like the perfect outlet.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 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
The consultant finished with a sampling of tiny desserts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
He leaned on the table loaded with desserts, but it collapsed and he fell with it, everything sliding down on top of him.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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