Posts Tagged “ice cream”

Creams Café

Creams Café

Sweet Takeaway. There are plenty of savoury takeaway and delivery options, but not so many have a focus on sweet treats. Creams Café offers an array of desserts to delight those who crave something a little different. The Creams Café menu tempts with freshly made waffles, Italian-style ice creams in a host of flavours, sweet…

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Pots of Wheyhey

Pots of Wheyhey

We could all do with a little Wheyhey at the moment. Indeed, if you have a passion for ice cream then a little Wheyhey is exactly what you can have! Wheyhey is a company that produces healthy and delicious frozen treats which are available in large and small tubs. The mini pots are perfect for…

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Oppo – a lighter treat

Oppo – a lighter treat

Oppo Brothers produce award-winning ice creams and they are healthier than many others on the market. The tubs are up to 60% lower in calories.  Because they are also lower in sugar you can treat yourself more often. My dear reader will know that I seldom cover freefromslightinswithouts – and ‘wholesome’, which is often the…

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Speakeasy Ice Cream

Speakeasy Ice Cream

Speakeasy Ice Cream has been created especially for adults with discerning palates. Speakeasy combine rich ice cream with some favourite alcoholic drinks for some exceptional dessert enhancements. These small tubs are far from the plastic-boxed frozen ice creams that fill the freezer counters of every supermarket. Yes, they have their place, but Speakeasy Ice Creams…

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The Book of Ices by Mrs. Agnes Marshall

The Book of Ices by Mrs. Agnes Marshall

This is a pleasure in pocket-size. A book on ices, but from an age when such things were sheer luxury, a holiday treat, and seldom found at home. The Book of Ices by Mrs. Agnes Marshall is a classic. Mrs. Marshall (1855-1905) was a Victorian lady and one of the most celebrated cooks and writers…

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Paul Gayler’s Little Book of Ice Creams and Sorbets – review

Paul Gayler’s Little Book of Ice Creams and Sorbets – review

Paul is the chef at the Lanesborough Hotel in London. It’s considered a “Destination” hotel and has a restaurant to match that status. This man is a familiar face on British food TV and is also an accomplished cookbook author. All of Paul Gayler’s books (I have reviewed several to date) have been innovative but…

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Italian Ice Cream by Carla Bardi – review

Italian Ice Cream by Carla Bardi – review

I have bought the ice cream maker and I am ready to churn. There are fine recipes in many books for ice cream but isn’t there something romantic, and very chic, about real Italian ice cream? One is wafted to a picturesque piazza where you’ll be served a stylish confection, the memory of which will…

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500 Ice Creams and Sorbets by Alex Barker – review

500 Ice Creams and Sorbets by Alex Barker – review

You know by now, dear reader, what a fan I am of this series of books – the 500 series from Apple Press. Compact, chunky and a picture with every recipe, and lots of recipes! There are basic dishes (or, in this case, ice creams and sorbets) and then half a dozen or so variations….

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Cold Comfort – a Story of Ice Cream

Cold Comfort – a Story of Ice Cream

Ice cream was probably invented in China in the first millennium. The first British recipe for ice cream was published in “Mrs. Mary Eales’s Receipts” in 1718. The recipe did not include a process for making the ice smooth so it must have had the texture of a granita (frozen flavoured syrup which is then…

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Ice Cream and Frozen Desserts by Peggy Fallon – review

Ice Cream and Frozen Desserts by Peggy Fallon – review

Ooooh, I love this book. I could quite happily eat my way through each and every one of Peggy Fallon’s gorgeous desserts! Dan Kartong, 1978 US Olympic Marathon runner said “without ice cream, there would be darkness and chaos”. That might be a bit of an extreme view but I understand the sentiment. Each page…

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