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• n  very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll

• He might as well have dunked a croissant in hot vindaloo curry sauce.
• When Jemaine tries to pick up girls in a coffee shop by ordering a croissant in French, the scene shifts into a video for "Foux du Fafa," a conversational-French lesson set to '60s .
• It lacks the elegance of the croissant, the sophistication of the English muffin, the intrigue of the bagel.

• crescent roll

News & Articles

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• Would you pay $40 for a doughnut? What about a cronut?
  Would you pay $40 for a croissant-doughnut hybrid? See video of how they're made.
  June 13, 2013 - The Express-Times
• SoHo bakery's crunchy, sweet croissant-doughnut sells out fast
  Oh the pull of that elusive reservation at the hot new restaurant. And double-oh the sweet and fatty decadence of a well-made dessert. Combine the two foodie emotions and you’ve got the Cronut.   There’s a frenzy goin’ on — Manhattan style — for the croissant-doughnut hybrid that went on sale in limited quantities about four weeks ago at the tiny downtown shop of French chef Dominique Ansel.
  June 11, 2013 - Peoria Journal Star
• See the 'cronut': A donut-croissant hybrid
  The Cronut. It's the gastronomic love child of the donut and the croissant.
  June 11, 2013 - Detroit Free Press