bonbons

• “Incomparably well observed!' cried he, collecting some bonbons from a bonboniere, and swallowing one after another with great rapidity: 'But won't you sit down?”

  Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth

• “My father refused to let me buy 'bonbons' or processed biscuits -- anything that was 'industrial' 'and in fact, everything that little children love, and what my girlfriends and boyfriends ate," says Ms. Pic, admitting that she is today almost as exacting with her 4-year-old son (although "a little more open because I don't want him to become frustrated").”

  The Wall Street Journal: Maison Pic's Breath of Fresh Air

• “The stuffed squid "bonbons" were another visual stunt that tasted scrumptious with their crunchy green vegetables and coconut chutney.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Ducasse Is Redeemed (In N.Y.C.)

• “Chef Manrique flaunts its versatility -- and his own -- by serving it three ways: sour (in a vinegary cure), savory (poached in a refined Japanese dashi broth) and sweet (as toasted almond "bonbons").”

  The Wall Street Journal: Bay Watch

• “Taffy-like confections and clear candies contain a large proportion of glucose, while any that are intended to be creamy, such as bonbons and the centers for chocolates, have only a small amount, if any, glucose in them.”

  Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals

• “You have an opera divided between eternal damnation and romantic folly, but Gounod has made things even more difficult by filling his score with melodic "bonbons" that play up to the lighter side of the equation.”

  Thestar.com - Home Page

• “The Chocolate Show in NYC always kicks off with the VIP Preview and Chocolate Fashion Show, where pastry chefs create chocolate couture and models aim to make it down the runway and back without melting or breaking apart their outfits, or dropping too may bonbons or dragées on the floor.”

  The Huffington Post: Regina Varolli: Dragées, Demos and Dragons at the Chocolate Show NYC

• “The Chocolate Show in NYC always kicks off with the VIP Preview and Chocolate Fashion Show, where pastry chefs create chocolate couture and models aim to make it down the runway and back without melting or breaking apart their outfits, or dropping too may bonbons or dragées on the floor.”

  The Huffington Post: Regina Varolli: Dragées, Demos and Dragons at the Chocolate Show NYC

• “The more bad news we hear, the more arguing and backstabbing we hear, the more layoffs about which we hear, the more we're going to crash on the couch, eat bonbons and feel completely defeated about our job prospects.”

  The Huffington Post: Susanne Goldstein: Shut Up Washington! I'm Gonna Get A Job Without You.

• “The stereotype of a soap opera fan is a fat, lazy housewife lying on the couch eating bonbons all day long," says Flo DiBona, 56, a consultant who has watched every episode of "All My Children" for the last 33 years.”

  The Wall Street Journal: As Venerable Soap Operas Die Off, Fans Fight for One More Life to Live

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