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1860 G. A. Sala Hogarth ii, in Mar. 275 This Arabian Nights' pastrycookery.
2001 (Nexis) 27 Oct. (Weekend Suppl.) 120 The sable was as perfect a piece of pastry cookery as I have come across recently.