Whenever I’m tasked with planning a menu, I always look for recipes that make sense in the larger context of the meal. I want flavors that complement each other, first and foremost, but they also have to be practical to prepare and seasonally appropriate. I also try to contrast the heaviness and lightness of foods […]
Lately I’ve been in the type of baking mood where I just want to try all the new things. This week I set out for myself two tasks: make a batch of puff pastry for next week’s project and make an ice cream bombe to celebrate Bastille Day (no wonder I have no time for […]
When I got my ice cream maker a few months ago, I knew this was going to have to be one of the first ice creams I tried. I thought throwing a bunch of mint in a vanilla ice cream base would bring me the technicolor Baskin Robbins cone of my youth and that it […]
La Retro Recipe 