Category: Celebrations

Celebrations, Desserts, International Topics

Black Cherry Ice Cream – Helado de cereza negra

by Irene13 Comments on Black Cherry Ice Cream – Helado de cereza negra
Black Cherry Ice Cream – Helado de cereza negra

My all-time favourite ice cream flavour is black cherry. Back in the day, fresh cherries were expensive and really hard to find in Mexico, so traditional ice cream shops and parlours did not carry that flavour.  However, there was a more contemporary family-owned chain called Helados Bing, which had a delicious black cherry choice on their ice cream flavours list. Now that I live in Canada, it is relatively easy to find black cherry ice cream, but making a batch at home is easy and the result is a delicious, all natural treat ... click on title for more

Celebrations, Desserts

Japanese Sticks – Palitos Japoneses

by Irene3 Comments on Japanese Sticks – Palitos Japoneses
Japanese Sticks – Palitos Japoneses

I am lucky enough to be the keeper of my mom’s recipe notebooks. In my previous post, I talked about the pick-up sticks game Mikado™, which is also the name in Europe of Pocky™, the Japanese biscuits shaped as sticks.  That made me notice this recipe in one of my mom's notebooks, called, no less, "Palitos Japoneses" - "Japanese Sticks" ... click on title for more