Food, Photography and Bon Mots
Ube, aka purple yam, is a tuber native to the Philippines. It is closely related to the sweet potato. Starchy and sweet, the purple yam is widely used in desserts in the Philippines and elsewhere in Asia, but it can also be served as a…
There is something truly wonderful about photographing ice cream–or, in this case, sherbet. It melts. Oh, you know, there is the interminable fiddling around with the food styling. Gotta try a gazillion angles and backgrounds. White bowl? Green bowl? Mint sprig? This is a hard…
With the advent of fall, those fresh, plump, sweet strawberries that graced market displays mid-summer are hard to come by. So, if you haven’t already gotten your strawberry fix for the year, here is an idea: Roast your strawberries. The roasting deepens the flavor of…
Ever considered making your smoothies in your washing machine? I didn’t think so. Apparently others have. ABP, a Hindi news station in India, has reported instances where Indian smoothies, lassis, have been bulk produced in washing machines. HSBC , the British multinational banking and financial…
This is the easiest vanilla ice cream recipe ever. You should make it now before you are priced out of the vanilla aisle! During normal times, vanilla, approximately 80% of which is produced in the hardscrabble African island-nation of Madagascar, is the second most expensive…
Did you know that if all the strawberries produced in California in one year were laid berry to berry, they would go around the world 15 times? I didn’t think so. Did you know that ninety-four percent of households in the United States consume…
I thought this was interesting. I’m not sure about that German Spaghetti-Eis, though! Ice Cream Around The World
Everyone loves ice cream, particularly on these muggy days we’ve been experiencing here in Southern California. With temperatures hovering in the high 90s (and breaking the 100 degree F mark on a couple of occasions), I haven’t mustered the energy to do a lot…
