Weekend Reads

We survived the recent heatwave, which seemed like a good time to update my post on Vanilla Ice Cream, with new pictures. Probably the worst thing you can do in a heatwave is photograph ice cream, but I did it. As a former restaurant line cook, I can cook or bake through anything. Having a batch of freshly churned ice cream when it’s that hot, is never a bad idea, but plum sorbet, elderflower sorbet, and strawberry frozen yogurt, are also good ways to cool down, using seasonal fruits, berries, and flowers.

Got cherries? Make the easy Cherry Red Wine Compote (shown above), or this Cherry Compote without red wine.
This machine makes perfectly clear spheres of ice for just $199! Oops, I mean $999…
Parents in the 18th arrondissement of Paris furious their kids were fed industrial, pre-packaged sandwiches.
Wine glasses that float ensure you don’t spill. (But just in case, you might want to fill ’em with rosé, rather than red.)
The curse of hashtagged honeymoons.
The jambon-beurre is having a renaissance.

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