bananas Foster

noun

bananas Fos·​ter -ˈfȯ-stər 

-ˈfä-

: a dessert of bananas flamed (as with rum) and served with ice cream

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

At El Jibarazo they are fried and glazed like starchier versions of bananas Foster ($4). —Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Dec. 2021

Part of its draw, said Monterey’s chef, James Tracey, is that flambéing bananas Foster at a table-side cart evokes a kind of old-school dazzle. —Melissa Clark, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2023

Our choice today is bananas Foster, a sweet start to the day. —Ed Silverman, STAT, 13 July 2022

Dress up and chow down on sherry-splashed snapping turtle soup; Gulf fish borgne swimming with lump crab, Louisiana oysters and local shrimp in Creole butter; Sazerac cocktails; and the show-stopping, tableside flambéed bananas Foster dessert. —Brooke Viggiano, Chron, 24 Mar. 2022

The frog legs, chicken and andouille etouffee made with housemade sausage, garlic bread and bananas Foster. —Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2022

Cannolis, too: peaches-and-cream, bananas Foster, caramel apple. —Rick Nelson, Star Tribune, 15 June 2021

Choulala specializes in this dough and makes all kinds of goodies with them, from classics to cream puffs in flavors like Fruity Pebbles, key lime pie and bananas Foster. —Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 26 May 2021

Sweet offeringsinclude bananas Foster French toast and fresh apple and cheese strudels served with Chantilly crème and fresh berries, and a chocolate soufflé for desserts. —Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 30 Mar. 2021

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Word History

Etymology

Richard Foster, friend of New Orleans restaurateur Owen E. Brennan, at whose restaurant the dish was first made

First Known Use

1962, in the meaning defined above