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flan

[flan, flahn, flahn, flahn] / flæn, flɑn, flɑn, flɑ̃ /


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I love a party, but lately the trick has been to spend time with loved ones and feed them well with easy recipes like chicken piccata, flan, spaghetti al limone and this caramelized-corn salad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Two friends meet up at Chainsaw in Melrose Hill, the cafe with the flan lattes, crispy arepas and sorbet-colored wall everybody and their mom has been talking about.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026

Leche flan is the Filipino version of creme caramel.

From Washington Times ● May 31, 2023

On the bubble tea watch: Neighborhood Bubble Tea & Coffee, which does leche flan milk tea and other Filipino-inspired flavors, opens at D gates at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2023

“Listen to me, mi hija, the flan is just as good as in Cuba. Let’s forget we ever lived there,” she says in Spanish.

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar

Before there was this Peruvian restaurant, which opened at the beginning of summer, there were Claudia Berroa’s flans.

From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2020

The flans come in several flavors, including passion fruit, coffee and, for fall, pumpkin.

From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2020

The Berroas moved to the Bronx in 2007, and for Thanksgiving that year churned out 300 pie-size flans in their apartment’s galley kitchen.

From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2014

So I go up to the next guy, and he takes me over to the flans and the puddings.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 10, 2011

My mouth, for instance, craved sweets, figs in their heavy syrup, coconut candy, soft golden flans.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez


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