My mom did a lot of entertaining and Baked Alaska was one of her signature desserts. We always knew when it was on the menu because she'd make a trip out to the highway to the Howard Johnson's for raspberry sherbet. (Kids nowadays can't imagine a time when the grocery store only carried about a half-dozen flavors of ice cream!)My brother and I always loved the drama of extinguishing the lights in anticipation of the flambeed sweet finale. OH, man. Hojo's sherbet was the best! I remember my dad getting it for dessert when we were kids. You could tell he didn't want to share much, it was that good. Thanks for sharing. ~ MaryJane

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