“Just Desserts or Just Deserts?”
February 12, 2023
“Just Desserts” is a bakery located near my neighborhood, and the name is both the truth and a play on words. The truth is, the bakery only sells desserts. The play on words is that the name is derived from the idiom, “Just Deserts” (note the spelling), which is an expression that means “to get one’s reward”. Many people misspell it as “just desserts” because it seems more appropriate to associate the meaning of the phrase with something sweet…