1.   Carol Husfeld surveys the cart in front of her and dips her spoon into a half-gallon tub of Peaches and Homemade Vanilla ice cream.

2.   Dip a spoon into the caramel and drizzle it back and forth in squiggly lines over the bananas.

3.   Dip a spoon into the mixture and drizzle decoratively over the pie.

4.   Dip the spoon in a glass of water, then proceed in the same way until all the batter is used.

5.   Graying men and women, children dipping plastic spoons in ice cream cups and a couple lying on the berm watch the water roll by.

6.   He asked if anyone knew the proper way to dip a spoon into soup.

7.   He poured a finger of the spirit into a tumbler, then dipped a spoon with a sugar cube into it until it was soaked.

8.   Slide the paste into the hot oil by teaspoonfuls, dipping the spoon into the oil each time before spooning up another spoonful of paste.

9.   Some absinthe drinkers dip the spoon filled with sugar into the absinthe to soak it with the liquor, then light it on fire.

10.   The two books together show that different writers dipping their spoons into the rich broth of mathematical history are likely to come up with different parts of the whole.