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Dinner at The Yankee ends on a high note with an irresistable sweet potato pecan pie or the slightly less stellar bread pudding. Service is prompt, if sometimes hurried, and the portions are more than adequate...

Author: By M. Creosote, | Title: Inman Square Turns to Cajun Cooking | 9/27/1985 | See Source »

...year, making it the company's No. 1 flavor. Haagen Dazs says it will "vigorously defend the lawsuit" and "aggressively pursue cancellation" of the trademark. Haagen Dazs contends that pralines and cream is a generic name that should be available to all companies, just like chocolate chip and butter pecan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Retailing: A New Cold War | 4/8/1985 | See Source »

RALPH MANNHEIM'S fresh translation of E.T.A. Hoffmann's Nutcracker with its Maurice Sendak illustrations is much more than a glitzy sugar and spice Christmas yarn it's a welcome return to textual accuracy. This season the perpetually smiling pecan masher's overly familiar ballet incarnation is finally stripped away to reveal the genuine handmade article from Germany...

Author: By T. NICHOLAS Dawidoff, | Title: Mixed Nuts... On The Stage... And On The Shelf | 12/15/1984 | See Source »

While available in plain vanilla, Tofutti best masks the aftertaste of its novel ingredient with strident flavors such as banana-pecan and forest maple. In Texas, the bestseller is made by swirling peanut butter and chocolate flavors together into something that tastes like a Reese's Cup. Aficionados swear Tofutti is better than ice cream. Says one: "If you eat it too fast, you even get the headache...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: It's Trendy, Tasty and Tofutti | 7/9/1984 | See Source »

Truth be told, though, there are a lot of roadside attractions. Every thirty feet there's a sign saying "last chance for pecans/plums/watermelons for 100 yards! "Pull over quick! Gotta get me some of those pecans. By the time you're back in Boston you'll be addicted to the things. Fortunately, this state probably has pecan dependency clinics for college-age addicts...

Author: By Todd A. Valdes, | Title: No Sour Grapes | 4/2/1984 | See Source »

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