Tiramisu comes from the Italian for “pick me up” and boy does it. This has to be one of my all time favourite desserts. If you’ve not had it before where have you been? The best way to explain (aside from saying go try some now!) is that it’s an Italian trifle.  I’ll go ahead [...]

Crepes originated in Brittany but are common throughout all of France. They are a very thin pancake, usually quite large too, and served with a variety of fillings from sweet to savoury, from a simple sprinkling of sugar to something wonderfully complex. I’ve always loved crepes and have many fond memories, trying to eat a [...]

I would love to claim that I came up with this idea, but sadly I didn’t. I came across a new food blog, Almost Bourdain, amongst all the beautiful dishes, there was popcorn ice cream. This was a revelation, I needed to make it and I needed to make it now! I skipped the caramel [...]

Marshmallows don’t usually generate a lot of fuss.  They’re typically something most folks buy by the cheap bagful at the mega-mart, and never think twice about.  To these folks I say this: if you’ve never had a fresh, handmade marshmallow, you’ve never given your inner child a hug. The texture is tremendously better, the flavors [...]

I’m a bit of a fan of mixing sweet and savoury, I haven’t done a whole lot of it but the idea intrigues me and I’ve liked what I have tried. Bacon seems to be a trend at the moment, it’s in everything. So I figured why not join the club and give it a [...]

I talked about Irish coffee a while back, when we made the muffins inspired by the drink. Since then we acquired some Irish coffee glasses and I was mulling over what I could make that could be presented in them, they have such a wonderful distinctive shape it would be a shame to only drink [...]

Got given The Perfect Scoop back in July (for my birthday), yes, I asked for it. But on some level I like to think that perhaps my Mum was dropping some hints for when she next visits! David Lebovitz is a fantastic chef, this is the only book of his that I own but I’ve [...]

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, [...]