Sep
29
Chocolate, strawberry, vanilla – these are flavors of ice cream that you find pretty much everywhere you find ice cream. One flavor you might have trouble finding is sweet corn. Unless you were looking in my freezer right now. Yes I made sweet corn ice cream. Seems strange doesn’t it. I was motivated to make …
Jan
07
This is part five of a five part series on different ways I use my food processor. This series is a part of my month long “5 Days With My Appliances” series.. In the summer months I love to pick my own fruit. This leads me to coming up with creative ways to use that …
Dec
31
Baked Alaska, Oeufs a la Neige, and Pavlova – do any of these ring a bell? Well Alton Brown is on a mission for these names to be brought back from the dead, at least in this country. These are all meringue based desserts that have been long forgotten. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t …
Dec
11
The most classic drink of the Christmas season is egg nog. The majority of the people who will be downing some this year will be doing so with some store purchased variety. But this is something you should make in the home. Why not? You are only going to do it once a year. You …
Sep
23
Fresh fruit and vanilla ice cream were made for each other. As the peach season comes to an end, I wanted to make sure I got a chance to combine peaches with ice cream. And to add a little contrast in texture, the additional of some pie crust pieces. It’s another way to eat peach …
Jul
22
Do you own an Amazon Kindle Are you looking for some good cookbooks or food related books to purchase for your Amazon Kindle? If you have one it is a great way to rid your kitchen of the clutter of piles and piles of cookbooks. Some people think it can become a must have “kitchen …
Jun
12
This afternoon, I got a chance to attend Zingerman’s Creamery Gelato Kickoff. It was their way of welcoming the summer season with their new summer flavors. They were offering free scoops of gelato to anyone in the shop. My wife tried the dark chocolate, my daughter had the blueberry sorbet, and I had the Luciano’s …
Apr
06
Lemon and strawberry make a great combination. Strawberry lemonade is a great treat to have on a warm summer day. I wanted to capture that same flavor in the form of ice cream, so I came up with this recipe for a lemon ice cream featuring a strawberry swirl. Try to buy the most fresh …
Mar
05
This is a recipe review, which means this is a recipe that I did not personally come up with, but that I tried out and am giving my opinion on how the recipe turned out. For legal reasons I cannot post these recipes, but I can tell you where you can get them yourself. Recently, …
Feb
08
This is part of a series of posts on grocery stores that I have been to and would recommend to those that live in the area to check them out. Zingerman’s has been the standard for great tasting food in Ann Arbor since 1982. In more recent years, they have opened up a creamery where …
Welcome to my blog! My name is Eric. I live in Saline, Michigan with my wife (Donna) and two daughters, Hannah (4) and Autumn (1). I started this blog in October 2009 to share my culinary experiences from making my own food from scratch to what I find at farmer's markets and grocery stores.
With 200 recipes for making and using your own soda, this book is the best source I have found on making your own carbonated treats at home.