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pastry

[pey-stree] / ˈpeɪ stri /


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A local bakery started selling a pastry featuring the wolf's face, and the city is reportedly considering naming him as an official local mascot.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

During a postwar cocoa shortage in the 1940s, an Italian pastry chef named Pietro Ferrero had the genius idea to combine the scarce resource with an ingredient his town had in abundance: hazelnuts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

I order a latte and a whole grain pastry twisted with ham and cheese.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

"The Asian community stuck with Labour for a long time," said Atif Nazir, 45, manager of a pastry store.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

The next course arrives and Celia returns to listening and observing, in between trying to figure out if the meat disguised in feather-light pastry and delicate wine sauce is actually lamb or something more exotic.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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