Gelato Affogato ("Drowned" Ice Cream)

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GELATO AFFOGATO--382 Google hits
AFFOGATO--158,000 Google hits
AFFOGATO + ICE CREAM--11,600 Google hits
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Today's NY Daily News has a recipe for "Gelato Affogato" ("Drowned Ice
Cream") from the Sopranos cookbook. It's made with espresso, ice cream, and dark
rum.
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"Affogato" is not anywhere in the OED.
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(GOOGLE GROUPS)
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_espresso and gelato: a question_
(http://groups.google.com/group/alt.cooking-chat/browse_thread/thread/c228f3973929e871/9e2701b3d2115aa2?lnk=st&q=gelato+af
fogato&rnum=77&hl=en#9e2701b3d2115aa2)
i  can't remember the italian name for this very simple dessert: pouring
espresso
(hot) over vanilla gelato ... can anyone help?  Affogato al caffe'(litterally
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_alt.cooking-chat_
(http://groups.google.com/group/alt.cooking-chat?lnk=sg&hl=en)  - Dec  2 1996, 7:54 pm by gareth + donatella - 2 messages - 2 authors
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_DINING  OUT; Another Italian, but Worth the Short List Bocca Di Rosa _
(http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=364501592&SrchMode=1&sid=3&Fmt=10&VInst=
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JOANNE STARKEY. New York Times  (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Feb 6,
2000. p. LI17 (1 page)  :
Affogato, an espresso float with vanilla ice cream and whipped cream, had
coffe lovers ecstatic.
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_TEMPTATION;  An Espresso Runs Through It _
(http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=731139512&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName
=HNP&TS=1139434211&clientId=65882)
MARK BITTMAN.  New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jan  23,
2002. p. F3 (1 page)

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