Word: creaming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Several store managers said the problem has not seriously affected their business. "Dunster St. is the main route for foot traffic from the Yard to the River Houses," said Jessica Leahy of Steve Herrell's Ice Cream. "When people want ice cream, they'll climb over the barricades...
...members of the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards, joined the MNF in February, five months after the other forces. They move about very visibly in their little Ferret armored scout cars, stopping frequently to chat with residents. The British missions have become known as "the ice cream patrols" for the cones that friendly inhabitants often offer...
...ulterior design offers today. The model living room, as depicted in the stores and decorator magazines, has become America's disaster area. We have a choice between bizarrely abstract furnishings in chrome or lacquer, alienated from living reality, and eclectic kitsch heaped on like the toppings on ice cream sundaes-not much of a choice. -By Wolf Von Eckardt
Lourdes has long been the target of criticism from Catholics who are offended by the crass commercialism of the more than 700 religious souvenir shops, innumerable ice-cream parlors and other tourist businesses that line its narrow streets. Lourdes alarm clocks, fondue sets and cigarette lighters compete for shelf space with bottles of "Eau de Toilette a la Bernadette" (three scents), tin napkin holders depicting Bernadette and the Virgin, and plastic packets of "Lourdes Mints" guaranteed to be made from grotto water...
...wizards of gelato offer flavors of a richness and purity to boggle the taste buds: liqueur-based delicacies, a dozen variations on chocolate and elusive essences like cantaloupe. Not to mention A1 Gelato's trompe l'oeil "spaghetti," made of Marsala-laced, eggy zabaglione ice cream run through a spaghetti press and topped with chocolate meatballs, puréed strawberries for the tomato effect and a sprinkling of grated coconut to resemble Parmesan cheese. Who needs pasta...