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  • noun Plural form of madeleine.

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Examples

  • In the world of desserts, there is terrain I've yet to explore...treats and goodies that have never emerged from my oven, such as madeleines and canneles.

    Archive 2006-08-01 Jess 2006

  • In the world of desserts, there is terrain I've yet to explore...treats and goodies that have never emerged from my oven, such as madeleines and canneles.

    How My Peach Became a Cobbler Jess 2006

  • As shortbread is the specialty of Edinburgh, as butterscotch is that of Doncaster, "maids-of-honour" that of Richmond, and strawberry jam that of Bar-le-Duc, so are "madeleines" the special cakes of Commercy.

    The Doctor of Pimlico Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime William Le Queux 1895

  • It's right there on page 226, the infamous Gestapo muff-diving scene, as famous in its genre of mindless beach-reading as Gatsby at the end of the dock, the madeleines in A La Recherche du Temps Perdu, Hawthorne's scarlet letter.

    Nazi Muff-Diving: It Could've Happened Here Con Chapman 2011

  • Banana tart with crackling bruleed fruit and fragrant honey-kissed madeleines, served warm from the oven and fanned over a fennel-laced orange marmalade, are just two reasons to linger at the table after entrees are cleared.

    Tom Sietsema on enhanced Palena: Dining Room shines, enlarged Cafe loses a pinch of luster Tom Sietsema 2011

  • Imke Lass for The Wall Street Journal Half Moon River clams simmered in truffel oil, with shallots, country ham and corn bread madeleines, served at Elizabeth's on 37th restaurant.

    A Southern City Where The Kids are Alright 2011

  • Ms. Lively was eagerly popping madeleines into her mouth and passing them to her family and Mr. Long.

    Real-Life Gossip Girls Toast a TV 'Gossip' Marshall Heyman 2011

  • Unlike Proust, for whom the recovery of the past, even in its humblest instants, epitomizes an involuntary, almost magical occurrence, Márai offers no madeleines cooked up by nostalgia for our delectation.

    A Hungarian Novelist's Literature of Fidelity Eric Ormsby 2011

  • Bon appetit, he says, already deep into laying out the May Magazine, which features an essay about food (and a recipe) by Linda Sue Park along with madeleines from Arnolf Adoff, Jack Gantos, Lynne Rae Perkins and Peter Sis.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Roger Sutton 2009

  • If you walk south over London's Tower Bridge early on a Saturday morning, turn left at Tanner Street and follow the road to the right, you will come to Monmouth Coffee, with its freshly roasted beans, its communal table and, if you are lucky, its heavenly madeleines.

    Observer Food Monthly Awards 2011 Best Newcomer: Maltby Street 2011

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