Antedating of "Baked Alaska"

[Fred Shapiro]

Baked Alaska (OED 1909)

1902 _Wash. Post_ 24 Dec. 5 (ProQuest)  What these twelve persons ate was:
... Baked Alaska.

Fred Shapiro


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