Earlier in the week, a friend emailed me a link to a recipe for real, Tudor-style butterbeer. Apparently butterbeer is not just the stuff of Harry Potter culinary lore, but a real drink imbibed by real people with a real recipe to boot. This brought to mind my high school days, when I would make [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Recipe: Butterbeer! Part One.
Posted in drinks, recipes to impress, tagged beer, butter, butter beer, butterbeer, harry potter, madam, madame rosemerta, rosemerta, the three broomsticks on July 31, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Recipe: Basil Pesto with Walnuts
Posted in dinner, for veggies, sauces and sides on July 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Summer is in full swing, and as such basil is everywhere. Yes, you can grow herbs at any time of year, really, but right now is when they start propagating out of control. I bought a bunch of basil as big as my head for $2 at one of my local Farmer’s Markets, and aside [...]
Recipe: Coffee Can Vanilla Custard Ice Cream
Posted in dessert, how to, recipes to impress, tagged custard, frozen custard, ice cream, ice cream by hand, ice cream without freezer, ice cream without machine, ice cream without maker, vanilla on July 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I love homemade ice cream. I also love to make ice cream, because I can do whatever I want, however I want, whenever I want. Peach ice cream? You got it! Chocolate custard? You betcha! Caramel swirl with m&ms, chocolate chips and peanuts? Why not? Dooooo iiiiiit. The only problem is that I don’t have [...]
Ice cream postponed!
Posted in Non recipe posts on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m making totally delicious ice cream for you all, but it is taking a bit longer to freeze than I thought it would. As a result, I’m running out of daylight and won’t be able to post finished pictures and instructions until tomorrow. Until then, <3 Stef
Recipe: Garlic Aioli
Posted in for veggies, sauces and sides, snackies on July 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
One of my favorite cookbooks is called Fanny at Chez Panisse, by Alice Waters. It is actually the only Alice Waters cookbook that I own, and it was my introduction to her as a chef/food activist. The book was originally given to my little sister Jesslyn for Christmas a few years ago, but I ended [...]



