Homemade Fresh Strawberry Ice Cream

Homemade Fresh Strawberry Ice Cream

Have you noticed a lot of ice cream labels these days?  Many of them no longer say ‘Ice Cream’… they actually say ‘Frozen Dairy Dessert’!!!  What happened to ‘Ice Cream’ and why are we all eating ‘Frozen Dairy Dessert’ instead?  I suspect it has something to do with the “healthy eating” movement.  People have become [...]

Asian Style Steamed Fish with Ginger and Scallions

Asian Style Steamed Fish

On our recent trip to the Big Island of Hawaii, we had dinner at the Kamuela Provision Company at the Hilton Waikoloa Village Resort.  We tried the Ginger Steamed Monchong… OMG it was to die for!  So soft and tender… flavored with a tasty ginger-soy-hot peanut oil sauce.  I vowed that when I got home, [...]

How to make homemade Cannoli shells and filling

Make your own Cannoli at home!

Fresh cannolis are one of my favorite Italian (Sicilian) pastries… crisp flaky pastry on the outside, sweet creamy filling on the inside… yum!  Good cannoli are hard to find, though… not very many places around here sell them fresh, and nothing is worse than taking home a soggy cannoli!  My solution, of course, was to [...]

Japanese Azuki Bean Bread (Sweet Red Bean Milk Bread)

Sweet Red Bean Milk Bread

Last week, I made a huge batch of dough, and with it… I made Cream Pan (custard filled buns) and An Pan (Red Bean buns).  I ended up with about 1/2 can of sweetened red bean paste (a.k.a. “anko“) leftover… and planned to use it to make a sweet bread that was subtly flavored with red bean.  (I’m [...]