I made the most of rhubarb season this year. Not only did I make rhubarb compote (recipe
here), a fantastic lemon rhubarb buttermilk bundt cake emerged from the kitchen yesterday.
Moist, tart, and delicious. I only wish it had a little more rhubarb! The recipe's originally from the cookbook
Rustic Fruit Desserts, but you can also find it
here.
The
ice cream maker has been getting a workout, too. I tried
Minnesota Locavore's recipe for
strawberry rhubarb ice cream. It's yummy, tart, and very fruity! The high fruit-to-dairy ratio means that it tends to get a little icy and hard, so it's best to eat fairly quickly. The recipe makes a fairly big batch.
Jeni Britton Bauer, the genius behind
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams, has a new
cookbook out, and it's very charming. It emphasizes daring pairings of flavors, using local, high quality ingredients, and trying some new techniques. Cream cheese and a little corn syrup seem to be the key to many of the recipes. I have mixed feelings about corn syrup, but I'm willing to give it a try. I'm also intrigued by this
elderflower ice cream recipe, but St. Germain is curiously absent from our liquor cabinet at the moment.
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My aunt kindly handed down my grandmother's china hutch to me last weekend, and it was a treat to move it into position and actually display some of my pottery. The arrangement could still use some tweaking, but I love having something sturdy and well-made that served at family dinners for seventy years.
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Knitting in air-conditioned splendor was a true highlight this past weekend (along with a couple of BBQs, the sidewalk cafe at
Tiny Lounge, and a few choice episodes of
Arrested Development), especially as the mercury kept rising.
I finally knit myself a
star crossed slouchy beret. I love the pattern! I've made a couple of these as gifts, and they were very well received, so I'm thrilled to have my very own. Now I just need to block it.
This time the yarn is
Malabrigo Rios in "teal feather" (which I picked up last spring at the grand opening of
Windy Knitty, a very cute and well-stocked yarn shop in Andersonville). Full details are forthcoming...
I've also just joined the arms to the body of my
Shalder cardigan and am about to embark upon the yoke's lace pattern! The cardigan's suspiciously covered in cat hair...
