baked Alaska
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baked Alaska
- /beɪkt əˈlaskə/ UK
- /ˌbeɪkt əˈlæskə/ US
Where it comes from
Said to have been coined by Charles Ranhofer (1836–1899), the French-American chef de cuisine of Delmonico’s, a restaurant in New York City, New York, United States, to mark the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire on 30 March 1867. However, there is no contemporary report of this fact, and in his book The Epicurean (1894) Ranhofer referred to the dish, versions of which pre-dated the Alaska Purchase, as an “Alaska, Florida”, apparently because of the contrast between its cold and hot elements. The dish appears to have been first called an Alaska or baked Alaska some time after the Alaska Purchase.
noun baked Alaskas
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A dessert consisting of ice cream encased in cake and meringue and briefly baked.
I dined at Delmonico's hard by the Fifth-avenue Hotel, a few nights ago; and among the dainties which that consummate caterer favoured us with, was an entremet called an "Alaska." The "Alaska" is a baked ice. A beau mentir qui vient de loin; but this is no traveller's tale. The nucleus or core of th
Similar: Alaska//alaska
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noun dessert of ice cream encased in cake and meringue and briefly baked
| 한국어 | 베이크트 알래스카 beikeuteu allaeseuka |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ベイクド・アラスカ beikudo Arasuka |
| 中文 | 热烤阿拉斯加 |
| Français | omelette norvégienne |
| Italiano | omelette norvegese |
| Ελληνικά | ψημένη Αλάσκα psiméni Aláska |
| Română | omletă norvegiană |
| Русский | запечённая Аляска zapečónnaja Aljaska |
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title = {baked Alaska},
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year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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