When I was younger, making ice cream seemed like such a complicated, lengthy process. Something that was only done by the "old-timers" at family reunions. All I knew was Continue Reading
T’was the Night Before Christmas–What Really Happened
T’was the night before Christmas, I’d just flown to Seattle. I was not prepared for the great Christmas Battle. I walked into my house; the scene was so sad. “Where Continue Reading
Caramel Sauce for Ice Cream With a Secret Ingredient
I do a lot of experimenting here. Like the time I tried making sweet potato ice cream out of Japanese purple sweet potatoes. The texture was gritty, and the ice cream was Continue Reading
Can You Make Ice Cream Without Sugar?
Welcome! If you're wanting to get to the sugar free ice cream recipe right away, go ahead and scroll to the bottom of this post. If you want to learn all about sugar free Continue Reading
Blueberry Glaze Recipe
Fruit in ice cream is a conundrum. Because of the generally high water content of fruit, it tends to turn into frozen rocks when added to ice cream. There are a couple of Continue Reading
Wherein an American in Japan Makes a Ridiculous Mistake and Learns a Valuable Culinary Lesson
As I pedaled my bike home from Apple Land, I thought about my cache of groceries. An enormous Fuji apple, a half-loaf of square, fluffy super-white Japanese bread, a Continue Reading
How To Make Your Own Pumpkin Puree
It is pumpkin season. Time for pumpkin pie and pumpkin bread and pumpkin cookies and pumpkin ice cream! Since I am a snob, I do not buy the pumpkin in the cans. Some Continue Reading
Do You Really Need an Ice Cream Maker? Yes. Yes You Do.
"Need" is such a strong word. We are often told to balance our "wants" with our "needs," and to learn to distinguish between the two. Today I will endeavor to prove to Continue Reading
Pie Crust for Ice Cream, Or How I Defeated (Sort of) My Nemesis
Pie crust is my nemesis. If I wrote odes of odiousness about food, pie crust would be at the top of the list. Actually, that is not true. Squid would be at the top of the Continue Reading