: a usually fruit-flavored ice served as a dessert or between courses as a palate refresher
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Our favorite feature, though, is the range of fun colors: pink sorbet, crystal mint, and blue couture.
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Nor'adila Hepburn, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2024
Ice cream, frozen custard, sorbet:Must-try flavors, according to 12 metro Detroit shops
Bombshell Treat Bar got its start in 2020, shortly after the pandemic.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 17 Apr. 2024
Both sorbet and ice cream came out with a thick, creamy consistency.
—Laura Denby, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
Also on offer was the trou normand, or Norman hole—a shot of Calvados served over apple sorbet, which is said to counteract the sensation of a full stomach.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
The ice cream and sorbet were dense and creamy, without being runny or crystallized.
—Laura Denby, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
Chalk is a vegan lemon and almond sorbet with blended almonds.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2024
Talenti: The gelato and sorbet maker, founded in Dallas in 2003, became part of Unilever in 2014.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2024
Emma Stone, who has opted for stunning, form-fitting frocks with plenty of embellishment throughout awards season, stole the show in a mint sorbet Louis Vuitton shell-print column dress with a massive peplum.
—Maane Khatchatourian, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2024
Nor'adila Hepburn, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2024
Ice cream, frozen custard, sorbet:Must-try flavors, according to 12 metro Detroit shops
Bombshell Treat Bar got its start in 2020, shortly after the pandemic.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 17 Apr. 2024
Both sorbet and ice cream came out with a thick, creamy consistency.
—Laura Denby, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
Also on offer was the trou normand, or Norman hole—a shot of Calvados served over apple sorbet, which is said to counteract the sensation of a full stomach.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
The ice cream and sorbet were dense and creamy, without being runny or crystallized.
—Laura Denby, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
Chalk is a vegan lemon and almond sorbet with blended almonds.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2024
Talenti: The gelato and sorbet maker, founded in Dallas in 2003, became part of Unilever in 2014.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2024
Emma Stone, who has opted for stunning, form-fitting frocks with plenty of embellishment throughout awards season, stole the show in a mint sorbet Louis Vuitton shell-print column dress with a massive peplum.
—Maane Khatchatourian, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2024
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sorbet
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sor·bet
sȯr-ˈbā 
: a fruit-flavored ice served especially as a dessert
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