How did it get to be the end of July already, it’s a conspiracy I tell you! Everyone loves marinading meat in wine, but what about while the animal is still alive? Some Canadians have been feeding their cows red wine and the chefs have been going crazy over it. I’d love to give it [...]

I wanted to end the month with chocolate, I’ve managed to stay off it the entire month which is quite a feat for me! Wanting to make a slight twist rather than a ‘plain old’ chocolate ice cream I decided to make a sorbet instead. So, as a bonus this is dairy and egg free, [...]

Caramel refers of course to cooked sugar, specifically sugar that has been cooked to the 320°-350°F range so it is an amber to golden colour. The word caramel was first recorded in 1725, it comes from the Spanish caramelo. The source of caramelo is unknown, but some believe it is related to the Latin calamellus, [...]

If you were ever wondering how to make the perfect cup of coffee someone has created a chart now to show you how.  On the subject of coffee, epicurious collated some of their favourite coffee based recipes from the site. To help you with shopping, a bike that folds into a shopping cart has been [...]

I wanted something light and summery, fruity and refreshing. There are plenty of fresh peaches around at the moment but I didn’t want to do peach all on it’s own. By a wonderful coincidence it’s also mango season (although you can get them all year anyway). I’d seen peaches and mangos together and so my [...]

Or What To Do When Your Brown Butter Ice Cream Refuses To Taste Like Brown Butter. I was so looking forward to making the brown butter ice cream, it’s the one I had to have on the list when I was deciding what to make for this month. It’s light, delicate nutty flavour, smooth and [...]

The world has become a new place, wine vending machines rolled out in Pennsylvania this week. All you have to do is have your photo taken to be matched with your state ID, and blow into the machine so they can be sure you’re not already drunk.. though why that should stop you buying more [...]

Who doesn’t love a glass of “bubbly” to celebrate?.. Well, actually, I don’t, I find it too dry. This wonderful sorbet however adds sugar to the mix making it sweeter, much more palatable. True champagne comes from the Champagne region of France, however American laws aren’t as strict as the French so any sparkling wine [...]

I was never a fan of rum raisin ice cream as a child, I couldn’t tell you why.. I don’t remember it having a strong rum flavour, but maybe I remember wrong as that would certainly explain it.. For some unknown reason it took me til my twenties (don’t forget, it’s legal to drink from [...]