I had the honor of speaking today at the memorial for Dot Allen, my mom’s best friend. My mom asked me to do it saying she couldn’t – she was in tears for most of today. I don’t blame her, I can’t imagine losing my best friend(s)! What follows below matches pretty closely with what…
We’ve been making ice cream a lot this summer. It started with one recipe from Woman’s Day for an ice cream that required NO cranking or incessant stirring and then refreezing. Along the way, I found another recipe (it was an ad for Philadelphia Cream cheese, which we use for cheesecakes) and tried it last…
Last weekend, I made Ebelskivers, which are round, Danish pancakes. I’ve made these for a long time, basically since I was a kid, but I have rarely seen any other reference to them outside of our family or the small community of Danish people in the US. I recently found another recipe for Ebelskivers that…
As a follow up to my post last Friday, which was National S’Mores Day, I’m posting a few details about this lovely and delicious S’Mores ice cream cake, that I made this past weekend. When I found this recipe I thought it looked so good I had to try it out. As a little bit…