In its place is a glass of iced tea and a salad with no dessert course to follow up.

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It continued to be a popular way to preserve and flavor meats, fish and cheese, but it was only with the 1927 publication "Tramping and Trailing With the Girl Scouts, " a book that brought S'mores to the national consciousness, that smoke and fire found their way to the dessert course in earnest.

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Gourmands with a sweet tooth no longer have to settle for dessert as a final course.

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It seemed smart and hip, offering a journalistic appetizer of political news, a main course of international stories and pop culture for dessert.

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Sample some chilled-out bluegrass beats at a Local 188 up on Congress St, or loosen your belt (in the name of art, of course) and make room for a heavenly dessert at Five Fifty-Five.

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For dessert, have the deep-fried FoieGoreos (Oreos with foie gras icing), of course!

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