krendel

plural krendels · plural krendeli

1. A traditional Russian pastry made from a yeast dough and shaped into a twisted or braided ring.

   She was enjoying an early tea, with delicious new honey, thick cream, and the most tempting krendels imaginable.

   1866 March, H[arriet] C[atherine] Romanoff, “Roman the Reader. (A Russian Church Consecration.)”, in The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church, volume I, part 3, London: John and Charles Mozley, […]; and Parker and Co., Oxford, page 247

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   It was a resort of boatmen and pilgrims, and outside there was a notice in washed-out blue, like an old sailor’s eyes: “Tea Place;” and for those who couldn’t read, a lively painting of a teapot, cups and glasses, rolls, krendels, fish.

   1911 August 20, Stephen Graham, “The White Night. Impressions of the Far North in Russia. From St. James’s Gazette.”, in The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif., section “A Riverside Inn”, page 249, column 2

   [T]he caterers are at the door with dozens of trays of food, some of which he guides to the kitchen and the rest he has lined up on the banquet table, all manner of delicacies, much of it Russian, sliced sturgeon, beluga caviar in chilled bowls, horsemeat pâté, krendeli, pirozhki, Black Sea oysters, meat salads, Stroganoff, […]

   2003, Colum McCann, “New York 1975”, in Dancer, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, →ISBN, book 3, page 203