peanut butter and honey ice cream
*interrupting the scheduled post of "Meatball" Subs to bring you this ice cream* Three of my favorite ingredients have magical transformation powers. If you whirr them in a blender, then churn ...
basil ice cream
Dear Successful Basil Growers of the World, I bet you've got more basil than you know what to do with. You're probably blending bushels of basil leaves into gallons of pesto; maybe even starting ...
snickers pie
I really struggled with this one. Not that it was difficult, no, it's just that I have a butter (and therefore, cream) phobia that kicks in from time to time. So this pie was setting off all ...
cacao nib macarons with ganache
cacao nibs = chocolate in its (almost) purest form Nibs are cacao beans that have been hulled and roasted and hacked up into little bits. The nibs can then be ground up further and processed ...
salted caramel ice cream
May I introduce you to one of my favorite sweets/ice creams/things to eat, period? Yep, that's burnt sugar. Like, cooked to the point where it starts smoking, and if you don't do something ...
chocolate icebox cake (from scratch)
I made this cake for my mom's (belated) birthday, which seems fitting since she taught me how to make it, and her mom taught her. Is there a better way to say that? Probably. Thanks, mom, for ...
root beer ice cream
To continue the six days of frozen deliciousness, I bring to you...(blurry) root beer ice cream! If you don't have an ice cream maker... I'm so sorry. Please don't hate me. Does this ...
strawberry shortcakes
It was a beautiful afternoon for a country drive out to Washington Farms to pick strawberries. As I was walking down the dusty road from my car to their open-air white picket stand I could smell ...
espresso granita
This recipe is based on espresso. Espresso is pretty great. Slushies are pretty great too. Espresso + slushy = unstoppable force of awesome greatness. So, you stir together some espresso or ...
crème brûlée
Hi there. Here we are, around post #11 or so. I haven't told my people about this here blog yet. I'm a little nervous. Nervous that it's going to be like a teenage journal, in that when you're ...