Well thanks to our new Cuisinart Ice Cream maker I’ve been cranking out the frozen treats. And thanks to Kieran Murphy at Ice Cream Ireland for the inspiration that came from his Irish Cream Liqueur Ice Cream. I followed his recipe almost exactly (gonna make you follow the link for that) except that I split [...]

So the above (slightly blurry) cheesecake came from Chocolata, a chocolate bar (heh) down here in the Woodlands where I’ve been for a couple of days of training. I’d say it’s representative of yesterday’s sensory overload. It’s a chocolate cheesecake topped with bananas, Nutella, and powdered sugar (and more Nutella). I don’t even want to [...]

So last night I got a wild hair (hare?) and decided to whip up some more recipes. I fixed up a batch of Truffle Brownies, Meringues and Chocolat au chocolat ice cream. I love to cook, it’s good for my soul. Not so much my wasitline, but I brought several samples to work today and [...]

Somewhere while tripping through the food-blogosphere I ran into Pure Chocolate: Divine Desserts and Sweets from the Creator of Fran’s Chocolates. After I apologized to the book for the nasty bump I immediately added it to my wish list, intending to purchase it. As with most things, that never happened, but I was pleasantly surprised [...]

FAQs About Serving Guinness and Guinness Drinks Add 8-10 ounces of BOTTLED Guinness to large English pub pint glass (20oz). Allow a few seconds to settle so there is NO head. Add several scoops of quality vanilla ice-cream very slowly. Wait 1 minute, serve with a long ice-cream spoon. Under no circumstances should the ice-cream [...]

I saw a link to this article Trial by Fryer – Food – Hombre – FHM Online – FHMonline.com on SuperSized Meals and now I want to try this: Chocolate Chip Cookie-Dough Be sure to use cookie dough that’s safe to eat raw. Tubes are usually fine. Use pasteurized eggs or Egg Beaters if you [...]

If you have a yen for marshmallows and want to make some for yourself, here’s an easy recipe. It doesn’t involve anything much more complicated than boiling liquid. The only thing I can add to the recommendations is to make sure to LIBERALLY coat the baking dish with powdered sugar. This is some seriously sticky [...]