"Less sweet and more flavorful"

I have discovered the most amazing ice cream in the entire world: Jenni's Salty Caramel ice cream. Oh my goodness it is the most beautiful bite of cold stuff you will ever have! Jenni's Splendid Icecreams is based out of Columbus, OH but they sell their ice cream through a select number of stores in the Cincinnati area, like Whole Foods and Carl's Deli. The salty caramel is perfect plopped on top of roasted summer peaches, next to a souffle cup full of molten chocolate desert, or just by itself on a cold spoon. Granted, the price for a pint is hefty, but for a good reason. At around $10 a pop it had better be pretty darn good! Here are some other flavors to inspire your taste buds: Queen City Cayenne, Pistachio and Honey,Wild berry Lavender, Corn Syrup Custard with Whiskey and Pecans, Goat Cheese with Cognac Fig Sauce, Lime Cardamom Yogurt, Violets and Meringue, Honey Butter Cake, Dark Chocolate, and Black Coffee.

This is summer will absolutely need to have a pilgrimage to visit a Jenni's store in Columbus, I cant wait :)

Mozzarella....

So, the mozarella turned out decently! It ended up taking double the amount of time we thought, apparently the rennet we were using wasnt the best and had to sit in the curds for two hours. There are so many different versions of how to make cheese that it took some weeding through them to figure it all out. Rachel, being the super woman that she is, took charge (it was her kitchen) and got everything together while I helped supervise temp changes and played with her kids! In the middle of the cheese making I had to run to work, so I didnt get to see the stretching of the cheese. The end product was a pretty mild mozarella, but definitely cheese. Next time I think we are going to use Snowville Farm whole milk that is unpasturized and see how it turns out. There is something pretty exciting about realizing that with a gallon of milk and some rennet you can sustainably make your own cheese, bypassing the pricey cheese at the store.

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Homemade Mozzarella recipe

Mozzarella article.... Rachel and I are going to make homemade Mozzarella on Tuesday, I cant wait!

This reminds me of my grandparents, I love it!

Carry me Ohio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKRA7weVyLs

cold weather = wonderful!

Its finally scarf weather, and Im gearing up to start making some new ones! I made the trip to my local yarn store the other day and bought some really nice pale green alpaca yarn that Ive already started working with, and love! This year Im attempting something Ive never done before - Im going to try my hand at making fleece scarves with fun monster designs or something stiched onto them. Hopefully they turn out! Im also thinking about gathering up old wool sweaters and felting them ( wash in really hot water and then dry at the hottest setting ) to make mittens.

On the horizon is a trip to buy pumpkins, making pumpkin pie/soup/bread... obviously Im a big fan of all things pumpkin.... especially Graeters pumpkin icecream which Ive eaten two night in a row now.

To date this fall has been wonderful, amazing things have been happening and I feel like Im exactly where Im meant to be! Life is good!

"Dont be afraid to help sharks"

http://www.bornmagazine.org/projects/helpsharks/text.html