Strawberry-Pistachio Semifreddo Recipe: Make A Semifreddo!

It’s National Ice Cream Month, which we interpret to include all frozen desserts. There is no National Frozen Yogurt Month, No Sherbet/Sorbet Month. The history of frozen desserts dates back to 2000 B.C.E. when the Chinese used syrups to flavor snow. Fruit juices were turned into fruit ices. Honey and aromatic spices expanded the menu…
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RECIPE: Blueberry Sorbet

July is National Ice Cream Month as well as National Blueberry Month. Why not combine both concepts and make blueberry ice cream? Or, lower in calories and lactose free, blueberry sorbet? You don’t need an ice cream maker to prepare this two-ingredient blueberry sorbet; just blueberries and apple juice concentrate. The recipe, from U.S. Highbush…
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Uses For Day-Old Croissants & A Hot Fudge Croissant Sundae

[1] Turn yesterday’s croissants into today’s ice cream sundae. Toast them first. Yummy! (photo © California Cherry Board). [2] Croissants just out of the over (photo © Le Marais Bakery | San Francisco).   We just came back from the bakery with a bag of warm, fragrant croissants for breakfast. We know we’ll have leftovers…
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