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gelato

[juh-lah-toh] / dʒəˈlɑ toʊ /
NOUN
ice cream
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In fact, she was treating herself daily to gelato and centering carbs at every meal.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

I ping-ponged from soft cheeses to eggs and squash, then past a gelato cart and a table crowded with jams, pepper jellies and a milk carton filled with VHS tapes.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

Outside, under the warm April sunshine, groups of joyous African pilgrims in flashy head wraps ate gelato by the Bernini fountain, seagulls circling overhead.

From BBC Apr. 25, 2025

Or the parfaits served at Kamebishi Co., one of Japan’s oldest soy sauce brewers, where soy sauce gelato melts into something creamy and briny, like a tide pool made decadent.

From Salon Apr. 16, 2025

While he obsessively pulls off the stickers from the sides of the former gelato carton, Mai and Dell and I fill up everything else with the fresh dirt.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

In between savory courses, Bulgarini’s obsession with flavor pairings reveals itself in a curious parade of wine-splashed gelati.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2019

For dessert at Misi, there is only gelati, the pasta of dolci, six different flavors, including a wonderfully powerful espresso.

From The New Yorker Nov. 23, 2018

Little Pearl is expected to open with six of Janusz's gelati, including tiramisu, pretzel, toasted rice, Thai iced tea and a vegan offering made with cashew butter.

From Washington Post Dec. 7, 2017

The hazelnut and vanilla gelati were splendid, as were the lemon and blood orange sorbetti.

From New York Times Apr. 14, 2012

The musicians were concealed in the “snuggery,” playing airs from favorite operas, while waiters from Doney’s served gelati and paste and champagne at little tables scattered throughout the garden.

From The Spell by William Dana Orcutt

It’s a bracing, even exhilarating change from the usual creamy, dense chocolates or gelatos that litter most restaurant dessert menus.

From Seattle Times Aug. 18, 2022

Additionally, ice cream or gelatos made with homemade cookie dough or brownies, for example, will likely drive the price up because they're labor-intensive and therefore, expensive to produce.

From Salon Mar. 2, 2022

Fuelled by two giant gelatos we're well over the two-hour mark into an interview for the BBC TV documentary Free Spirits.

From BBC Jan. 31, 2022

Like at other Pitango shops, you’ll find gelatos and sorbets in such flavors as black sesame, Sicilian almond, and milk and honey.

From Washington Post Nov. 1, 2017

According to Dr. Luce, the gene first appeared in my bloodline sometime around 1750, in the body of one Penelope Evan- gelatos, my great-grandmother to the ninth power.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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