Posted in Chicagoland, culinary school, recipes, sauces on Jun 27th, 2009
Moments after finishing my first pot of caramel sauce – first melted sugar, first caramel anything – I pulled up an apron corner, wrapped the burning handle and carried it down twenty-seven steps, past an audience of snickering older students, past my teachers, not breathing until the pot finally reached the hands of a famous [...]
Posted in fruit desserts, ice cream, summer on Mar 12th, 2009
Hello, readers! Still on the special-projects work break, which, between you and me and the blogosphere, is starting to get a bit muddled. Perhaps I’m lacking inspiration, or maybe I’m just missing the sound of your friendly ears. We’re headed to Chicago tomorrow for spring break, and there’s nothing like a road trip to change [...]
Posted in Lawrence, ice cream, ten-word thursday on Sep 25th, 2008
If you’ve read this blog more than once, if you’re among the dedicated few besides my neighbor and my dog – sure Cleo surfs the web, she’s a very special lab – you’ve likely noticed that I’m unable to describe anything in what my lawyerly husband would call an “expeditious” manner. Sorry, but I believe [...]
Posted in fruit desserts, ice cream, recipes, summer on Jul 26th, 2008
July is an upside-down month – as in, steaming outside, freezing inside. It’s too hot to cook, but I’m starving. I couldn’t eat another bite, but…a little something cold for dessert? Oh, summer desserts. With a damp ponytail and flip-flops, you’d think I’d keep it simple, but no. That scoop of specked vanilla? Purity in [...]
