Ice cream around the world (and at home)
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]