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Word: choux (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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Sure, I was going to Tokyo for work, but my mind was focused on cream puffs - specifically, the ones whose sublime vanilla-bean-flecked custard nestles in a cradle of chocolate choux. During a trip to Japan last year, I had eaten a not insignificant number of these pastries, and I relished the opportunity to reacquaint myself with their virtues. But when I sidled up to a Tokyo store's cream-puff section - yes, there is a fridge shelf dedicated to this particular genre of baked goods in many Japanese groceries - to my great distress, my favorite dessert was nowhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pepsi Ice Cucumber, Anyone? | 11/3/2008 | See Source »

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