Ice cream around the world (and at home)
Living in the Mission neighborhood in San Francisco, horchata ice cream or ricanelas ice cream from Bi-Rite Creamery is a no brainer. But you see, my 31st flavor, the final ice cream flavor to be created in one year is dedicated to my number one […]
“Asian pears!” my friend’s boyfriend declared. While pondering what produce to buy for a flavor for a belated Chinese New Year dinner, I spotted my friend and her boyfriend roaming through the farmers market. I described my predicament. An Asian flavor that used local produce. […]
Blood oranges, if they were only in season during Halloween, would have been perfect for my annual zombie book club meeting. Instead, I chose pomegranates to represent the bloodiness of that time of the year. But appropriately, a (belated) anti-Valentine’s day potluck theme for my […]
Celery ice cream? It got me thinking. Celery? Green. Usually eaten raw. Almost tasteless, but with a slight herbaceous flavor. Chopped up into small bits for salads to add crunch. Usually great sliced and combined with Asian stir-fry noodles. The latter is my most prominent […]
The challenge: Bring something with a foraged ingredient. My answer: Eucalyptus. Eucalyptus ice cream! Large sweeping decks, graced with fallen leaves from tall eucalyptus trees, filled the backyard of a house in San Pablo. My parents had nicknamed this house, “Silver house” for the Silver […]
I found kiwis on sale. Five for $1! In the middle of winter. In January. A summer fruit…on sale? Why? And really the final question…why not? At Evergreen Super Market (one of my favorite markets in my ‘hood), I purchased two bags of those brown […]
Having studied Spanish for over 6 years, I knew what dulce de leche meant. Sweet. Sugar. Ice cream. The literal translation is sweet of milk. I love this kind of sweet. As an ice cream maker pointed out, “nearly every ice cream shop has some […]
In my family, Black Friday (day after Thanksgiving) and post-Christmas day were important. Because of sales. Because of candy sales. Specifically candy canes. Every single type. The rainbow colored ones. The green ones. The purple ones. And…of course the classic red and white candy canes. […]
After traveling through Asia, guavas (along with dragonfruit) are what I miss the most. The guavas abroad (especially in tropical areas) are large, crunch, sweet, and slightly sour. In fact, the de facto ice cream shop in Taipei Snow King proudly proclaims one of its […]
Bright orange. Looks like a pumpkin. Does not taste like pumpkin. Tastes better than a pumpkin. It is a persimmon! (At least the Fuyu one.) “I never had a persimmon before,” a friend said when I served him a scoop of the five-spiced persimmon ice […]