Ice cream around the world (and at home)
Pomegranates. Blueberries. A winter fruit of tricky and a summer fruit of warm nights. All mixed into an ice cold sweet dessert for a new year. Then zombies. And my favorite kind of meal. (Two months delayed due to travel.) Every year for my book […]
(An ode to the country I am currently in: Argentina.) Apples. Red. Green. Fuji. Braeburn. Granny Smith. McIntosh. Apple pie. Apple sauce. Apple cider. That annoying remainder of the apple: the core that you bite round and round, the uncomfortable eyesore on the table withering […]
A few years ago, I asked to take my family’s BBQ grill. Sitting in my parents’ garage, I knew that my parents rarely used it (having opt to use the grill at a swimming pool club because it didn’t require our maintenance or cleanup). Not […]
When I was in Ohio to research Ice Cream Travel Guide, I asked to visit Snowville Creamery (one of the dairy sources for Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream), because I had trouble getting in touch with Jeni. To my surprise, Warren (owner of Snowville Creamery) invited […]
There are typically two flavors I avoid when I encounter candy. Orange and grape. Maybe because those two are the most artificial tasting. Or that their colors…aren’t as bright as yellow and blue. When we walked through my favorite farmers market, I couldn’t help but […]
Growing up in California where fresh produce is ample. I had always taken for granted the fruits available in the farmers market. Especially strawberries. There is something intoxicating about an entire case of strawberries, with the delicate scent alluring all that pass by the stand. […]
Written in October 2012 I am notorious for not eating green things. I hate green things unless they are tinged with sugar or overwhelmed with salt. So quite naturally, I am quite the candidate for ice cream loving. Even those flavors that are green. A […]
Written in October 2012 In the same farmers market trip for the peaches, a stand with smaller boxes than others caught my eye as I strolled. It looked as if the farmer looked at her garden and chose a select few. Sure, they were generic […]
Written in September 2012 After a two week journey through Vancouver and Seattle, I learned one important lesson in ice cream making: Shop well. The choice of ingredients always shine through the recipes. Particularly in ice cream where the taste is based on the quality […]
Written in September 2012 “I love raspberries,” my friend declared and stared at me, unleashing a magical wand in the form of a single finger. “You must make me a raspberry sorbet!” Maybe those weren’t the exact words he said or the expression he wielded. […]