à la mode
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It’s just the dish to celebrate Mel Brooks’s legacy: Mud pie, à la mode.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2023
“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
It began à la mode, I intended an Ode; But Rose crossed the road In her latest new bonnet.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
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
We are going to dine tonight in our rooms, with our family, sharing hamburgers, french fries, and apple pie a la mode.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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