Cooking class in Tuscany

Blackberry Yogurt Popsicles

Most fruit popsicles taste like frozen juice. These taste like frozen yoghurt because they are, more or less. One cup of blackberries blended smooth, mixed with vanilla yoghurt, honey, and sugar, poured into moulds and frozen for four hours. These don’t last long here. The …

White Summer Slaw

Store-bought coleslaw dressing is sweet and bland. This slaw makes its own mayonnaise from scratch: egg yolk, lemon juice, mustard, salt, and cold water whisked with canola oil added drop by drop until it emulsifies. That homemade mayo, mixed with apple cider vinegar, honey, salt, …

Spiked Lemon Aid

What happens when you add muddled ginger to spiked lemonade? It stops being a party drink that tastes like sugar and vodka, and becomes something with a spine. This pitcher starts with honey dissolved in hot water, then Purus vodka, fresh lemon juice, and half …

Finland signals end of Salmonella outbreak

Health officials in Finland have declared that a major Salmonella outbreak has ended. More than 100 people fell sick in 11 countries as part of the multi-country outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouted seeds from India. In spring this year, Salmonella Bovismorbificans illnesses were detected in …