Thesaurus entry: trifle

Article: Don't trifle with this peach!
Jerusalem Post;  June 24, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... The British invented the trifle, a delicious dessert composed ... whose grandma made the best trifle. One spread her sponge cake ... concerned about whether their trifles featured all the classic components ... without fruit. For her own trifle, Allen combined features from ...

Article: Second Helping: Tipsy over a trifle dessert
Maryland Gazette;  April 20, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Some historians trace the trifle back to the 16th century to ... impressive presentation, the trifle was topped with a generous ... in the early 21st century, trifles can be rich, grand or ordinary ... cook. Actually, the word trifle, which comes from the Old ...

Article: Sometimes the perfect dessert is just a trifle
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  December 7, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... cream, the English trifle is a perfect holiday ... dessert. Best of all, trifles came into their own ... nothing. Just a trifle, really.") In ... traditional form, trifles begin with sponge ... started scooping, trifles are a mess. In the ... acknowledged that trifle is about the most ...

Article: Lose-your-balance trifle
The Independent - London;  May 27, 1995 ;     700+ words ...What has happened to trifles? If 18th-century ghosts frequent ... with horror when they get to the trifles, a modern travesty of hardset red ... turrets of ersatz cream. I adore trifle, a decent trifle that is. Timeless decadence, an ...

Article: Recipe is nothing to trifle with
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  June 24, 2001 ;     672 words ...Desperation dinners Recipe is nothing to trifle with By BEVERLY MILLS AND ALICIA ROSS United Feature ... schedule can handle. Enter my new favorite dessert: the trifle. A trifle is a layered concoction of cake, pudding, fruit and ...

Article: Trifles make a pretty and delicious winter dessert
Sun, The: Wheaton (IL);  November 21, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... start to finish -- on a lovely trifle that employs any of a bunch ... Nothing stops you from serving a trifle in an earthenware bowl ... tastes even better. Because trifles can be varied in so many ways ... or both. You can think of a trifle as the dessert version of stew ...

Article: Trifle for dessert a crowning success
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  July 4, 2004 ;     700+ words ...DESPERATION DINNERS Trifle for dessert a crowning success ... 2004 Alicia is queen of the trifle in my book and lots of our ... to eat Alicia's fabulous trifles, it had been years since I ... one all by myself. Making a trifle is not at all hard or time ...