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Thu, 24 Jul 2008

Book Review: The Ultimate Ice Cream Book by Bruce Weinstein
Several years ago, I purchased The Ultimate Ice Cream Book by Bruce Weinstein. I bought it with several other ice cream books (specifically the Ben & Jerry's one and the one published by Williams Sonoma). The Ultimate Ice Cream book is a good reference and has many obscure recipes for ice cream flavors that you won't find in many other books (like recipes for Lavendar, Rhubarb, or Red Bean Ice Creams... the latter of which I had almost every day in Taiwan during the hot and humid Taiwan summers). Most of the recipes in the book are "custard-style", meaning that you must create a thin custard out of the ingredients (with the exception of the cream) before the ice cream mixture is transferred to the ice cream maker. If there is one weakness in the book, it is probably the chocolate ice cream recipes... but I prefer non-chocolate ice cream anyway, so I'm not complaining too loudly.

Summary: A book well worth the minimal $12 price tag. Go get it.

:: Posted by rus on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:29 pm
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