"zefir" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1963, Volker Hamann, Food Additive Control in the Federal Republic of Germany, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, page 16:",
          "text": "Thus, confectionery products (candies, caramel, dragées, pastila, marmelad, zefir, the cream filling for pastry and cakes) may be coloured with any one of the three above-mentioned synthetic colours; […]",
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          "ref": "2006, International Food Marketing & Technology, volumes 20–22, page 10:",
          "text": "Foam cakes, zefir",
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          "ref": "2018, Olesia Nikolaeva, translated by Alexandra Weber, “Non-Komsomol Gingerbread”, in Ordinary Wonders: Stories of Unexpected Grace, Jordanville, N.Y.: Holy Trinity Publications, →ISBN:",
          "text": "I came home just in time to receive a phone call from Monk Leonid. / “I just read about zefir and marshmallows …” / “Fr Leonid,” I said in a steely tone of voice. “I am obliged to take back those textbooks with the recipes. The owner needs them back immediately.”",
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          "ref": "2018, Tatyana Nesteruk, “Chocolate Raspberry Zefir Cake”, in The European Cake Cookbook: Discover a New World of Decadence from the Celebrated Traditions of European Baking, Salem, Mass.: Page Street Publishing Co., Macmillan, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Zefir was my favorite childhood dessert; a sweet treat my mother bought for us on special occasions. Incorporating zefir into this towering cake just makes it that much more special!",
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          "ref": "2022, Liv Arnold, chapter 8, in Stepping Stone (Invested in You; 2), Adams Basin, N.Y.: The Wild Rose Press, Inc., →ISBN:",
          "text": "Angie, Sebastian’s assistant, walked across the room, stopping by every desk to offer a homemade zefir—Russian dessert resembling pink marshmallows.",
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          "text": "Foam cakes, zefir",
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          "text": "I came home just in time to receive a phone call from Monk Leonid. / “I just read about zefir and marshmallows …” / “Fr Leonid,” I said in a steely tone of voice. “I am obliged to take back those textbooks with the recipes. The owner needs them back immediately.”",
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          "text": "Zefir was my favorite childhood dessert; a sweet treat my mother bought for us on special occasions. Incorporating zefir into this towering cake just makes it that much more special!",
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