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Recent Examples of pastry
That pastry and four others will be available year-round, while the sixth, the Chocolate Pistachio Loaf, is available for a limited time this winter.
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Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Feb. 2026
That pastry and four others will be available year-round, while the sixth, the Chocolate Pistachio Loaf, is available for a limited time this winter.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
Breakfast here is a treat, especially on snowy mornings when the pastry chef’s spread arrives.
—Jenn Rice, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2026
Randolph, the pastry chef at Elemental Bakery & Coffeehouse, and her teammate, Brendan Clark, took home the people’s choice award.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 6 Feb. 2026
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Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Feb. 2026
That pastry and four others will be available year-round, while the sixth, the Chocolate Pistachio Loaf, is available for a limited time this winter.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
Breakfast here is a treat, especially on snowy mornings when the pastry chef’s spread arrives.
—Jenn Rice, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2026
Randolph, the pastry chef at Elemental Bakery & Coffeehouse, and her teammate, Brendan Clark, took home the people’s choice award.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pastry
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Tasting menus are often capped by playful desserts, like one that riffed on Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian, the art piece often described as a banana duct-taped to a wall.—
Michelle Tchea,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Feb. 2026
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Why limit your chocolate intake to Valentine's desserts alone?—
Calin Van Paris,
InStyle,
6 Feb. 2026
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Although agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) limit the amount of arsenic in public and bottled drinking water to 10 ppb, the FDA has no regulations that specify a safe level of arsenic for most foods, including candy.—
Owen Clarke,
Outside,
9 Feb. 2026
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Gingerbread houses can be held together with only icing and candy thanks to the molasses-laden cookie dough enriched with warm spices.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
9 Feb. 2026
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Since joining the series, Leith has sampled scores of competitors’ signature bakes, judged technical baking challenges and marveled at numerous bakers’ memorable confectionery showstoppers.—
Alexandra Del Rosario,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2026
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Janis Mackey Frayer / NBC News Two years ago Keiji Minatoya, a baker, was attacked by a bear in the garage behind his confectionery shop in the town of Kita-Akita.—
Peter Guo,
NBC news,
31 Dec. 2025
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“Pastry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pastry. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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