Basil Vanilla Ice Cream
Combining fresh basil with vanilla is a surprising and delicious combination. It is a nice twist and can be garnished with fresh basil leaves. The use of basil was inspired by our experimentations with other herbs such as rosemary, and led to further explorations using fennel seeds and other spices. Yield: about 1 quart Ingredients:...
Good things come in threes: Ice Cream Trio
None of us had ever made homemade ice cream before this summer. I bought a machine with Segolene on a whim so that we could explore ice cream and sorbet. Joshua scoured the internet and came across lots of different ways and formulations to making a simple ice cream base. David Lebovitz had some pretty inspiring...
Watermelon Basil Gin Fizz
Everybody back to work? Need a drink? We know that we do. After an amazing summer we are all back to the grind. Since summer is not officially over, we wanted to share one of our favorites of the season. We did loads of experiments with fruits, simple sugars, and struggled to find decent rum...
Yellow Gazpacho with Basil Olive Oil
Gazpacho, a cold Spanish tomato-based raw vegetable soup, is summer to me. Funny though, as a kid I remember my mother trying to get me to eat it every summer, but I could never understand her being so intent on serving me cold soup. I’ve since changed my mind, in fact, I tend to make...