Cherry Vanilla Ice Cream

Andrea Meyers - Cherry Vanilla Ice Cream

What to do with a beautiful bowl of cherries and a stash of vanilla beans on a hot summer day? If you manage to rescue the cherries before my boys eat them all, you can make David Lebovitz’s vanilla ice cream and add fresh cherries. His book The Perfect Scoop needs no introduction from me, [...]

Grilled Pizzas & Piadinas Cookbook Give Away

I know what you are thinking. You are thinking, “Andrea botched up this post because that is definitely not grilled pizza.” Guess what? It is grilled pizza enrobed in cinnamon sugar with French vanilla ice cream in the middle and chocolate sauce on top. How’s that for an insanely good dessert pizza? Yes, my hand [...]

Mango-Lime Ice (Nieve de Mango con Limon)

I’ve never been to Mexico. There, I’ve said it. I’ve traveled in 24 countries on 5 continents, but Mexico is not one of them. I haven’t been to Canada, either, but that’s a different post. For never having been to the country, I really enjoy the food. My favorite Mexican treat is paletas and for [...]

Mom’s Ice Cream Dessert

My mother has been making this dessert for years, and she often gets requests to take it to parties. It’s one of my guilty pleasures in the summer time, although I only have it about once or twice a year, which is probably a good thing because it would go straight to my hips. It’s [...]

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