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Boston cream pie
noun
: a round cake that is split and filled with a custard or cream filling and usually frosted with chocolate
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One look at the restaurant’s menu reveals nods to New England: a signature Vermont maple farm burger, Maine Italian and North Shore roast beef sandwiches, Cape Cod and Northeast pickled beet salads and Boston cream pie.
—Philip Freeman, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2024
Massachusetts ranked number one with pie aficionados willing to travel 2 hours and 32 minutes to try a Boston cream pie; North Dakota ranked second with bumbleberry pie and a 2 hours and 30 minute-travel time.
—The Arizona Republic, 12 Mar. 2024
Don't leave town without sampling the city's famous clam chowder and Boston cream pie.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2023
Also on the menu: crab cakes, shellfish, filet mignon, and desserts, including Boston cream pie.
—Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Mar. 2023
For dessert, there’s Boston cream pie, peach cobbler or the East Coast's traditional Smith Island layer cake for dessert.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 17 Mar. 2021
Opening-day doughnuts include a chocolate-hazenut, a seasonal apple butter and a nostalgic Boston cream pie piped with vanilla pastry cream and topped with a real Valrhona chocolate glaze.
—Michael Russell, oregonlive, 9 Oct. 2020
Don’t leave town without sampling their famous clam chowder and Boston cream pie.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2020
Throughout the first half of this season, which has seen intentional car crashes and way too much Boston cream pie on a bedsheet, Betty has been on a spiral since Dan left the house.
—Omar Sanchez, EW.com, 17 June 2020
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Word History
First Known Use
1877, in the meaning defined above
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“Boston cream pie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Boston%20cream%20pie. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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