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I’m starting to do cookbook and product reviews on this blog for products I like or am trying for the first time. More and I more I find that I rely on online reviews before doing or buying anything, and I decided I should contribute to the online review community since I get so much out of it. I’ve been reviewing things on Yelp more often, especially new restaurants we try or stores I’ve visited, and then it occurred to me: I should put reviews on the blog! I do it in my knitting blog for yarns and patterns I like, why not this one?

perfectSo first up is a book I’ve been meaning to buy forever but only just got a few weeks ago: David Lebovitz’s The Perfect Scoop. I read David’s blog all the time and I think you’ll enjoy it, too! It’s filled with cooking, baking, and ice cream (of course!), but also with stories of an American living in Paris. I especially like when he muses on the differences between living in France vs. the US, particularly when he’s talking about food differences . . . which is almost always, as you probably would expect!

But anyway, this is supposed to be a review of his book The Perfect Scoop, not his awesome blog. Read on for the review and a recipe for Chocolate Chocolate French-style Ice Cream.

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Strawberry Gelato

June 12, 2009
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Continuing with the strawberry theme and touching on one of my absolute favorite things to make at home, I tried making Strawberry Gelato for the first time last week. I used this recipe from Bon Appetit, which is actually for ice cream sandwich cookies which look absolutely divine. I intended [...]

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