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éclair

[ey-klair, ih-klair, ey-klair] / eɪˈklɛər, ɪˈklɛər, ˈeɪ klɛər /


eclair




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I’m one heavenly bite into a mini éclair, and he shoots me a judgmental glare.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 11, 2022

The éclair cake version uses that same dough piped into a square — you don't need to worry about it puffing up and forming a pocket, and if it doesn't rise well, who cares?

From Salon Apr. 19, 2022

With the most common éclair errors deftly avoided, the result is a beautifully executed pastry.

From New York Times Aug. 21, 2019

I do not recall what became of this botched beginning but am quite positive it did not magically turn into a chocolate éclair.

From Slate Jul. 9, 2018

Tantalus, amid his parched seeking of a cooling draught, never suffered more anguish than Skippy sitting there before that undefended éclair, with only a gesture intervening.

From Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World by Ernest Fuhr

Dinklage, as he often does, immediately recalibrates the movie, as Roman summons his forces - minions who cower before him while he snacks on an eclair or sips a smoothie - to free his mother.

From Washington Times Feb. 17, 2021

Kids Baking Championship The nine remaining young bakers take on a new trend in baking — the radically elevated eclair — in this new episode.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 10, 2016

One $30, three-tiered set includes delicacies including bonito-broth-rolled omelet, venison ragu farfalle, lamb steak, roast chicken with tzatziki, pineapple fried rice and mango eclair.

From Washington Post Dec. 20, 2014

In the interest of fairness, I went to The Quarter too, for a Lumpy Bumpy – a glorious collision between a teacake and an eclair.

From The Guardian Dec. 7, 2010

A naiad had brought him a big platter of pastries, and as Tantalus spoke, his right hand chased a chocolate eclair across the judge’s- table.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan




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