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Dessert - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Course, Cover, Dish, Goody, Help, Manna, Nectar, Place, Plate, Pudding, Savory, Service, Sweet |
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Dessert is a course that typically comes at the end of a meal, usually consisting of sweet food but sometimes of a strongly flavored one, such as some cheeses. Some cultures do not have a separate final sweet course but mix sweet and savory dishes throughout the meal as in Chinese cuisine. Often, the dessert is seen as a separate meal or snack rather than a course, and may be eaten some time after the meal (usually in less formal settings). Some restaurants specialize in dessert.
Common desserts include:
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Example Usage of Dessert |
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tomshea: the Dessert spread http://twitpic.com/qb5sk |
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Kaizerinc: And for Dessert: Homemade rasberry cream filled white cupcakes.. I LOVE my Aussie family!! |
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kathill: I've done pretty much all I can do for work. Now to pack. And I made an apple cake for Sunday 's Dessert. It smells YUMMY!! |
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