I didn’t think I needed another ice cream book. I’ve got a solid collection with my previous favorites being David Lebovitz’s The Perfect Scoop and Jeni Britton Bauer’s Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home. But then I saw that Dana Cree, the longtime pastry chef at Blackbird and currently the executive pastry chef of The Publican restaurants in …
Sorbet
I have a confession to make. I’m not really into the whole mint and chocolate combination. I’ve never disliked it, exactly, but it’s never been one of those things I crave. Mint chocolate chip has always been my father’s favorite flavor of ice cream, but ever since I was a kid, I could take it …
It’s been a hot summer in Chicago. This July and August we’ve watched the mercury climb into the nineties more days than I care to count. Too many. I’m not a hot weather kind of girl, give me seventies and a light breeze along the lake, and I’ll take eighties with a cool drink, but …
On Saturdays in the summer, my routine almost invariably includes a trip to the Evanston Farmers Market. From time to time, I think about swapping my northerly trek for a southerly one and finally checking out the Green City Market or just making a quick trip to the little Edgewater Market that’s within walking distance, …