What to make for a friend's birthday when she already has everything she needs? Ice shot glasses, for sure! It was only -16 C last Sunday, so I put the shot glass molds fairly early to give them enough time to set (10 a.m. on a weekend is early for this bird). When I removed… Continue reading shot glasses for birthday toasts
Category: ice edibles
ice over a water hole
Our waterhole is freezing, of course. Every day before I dip the bucket into the precious liquid, I have to use the axe and reluctantly destroy those wonderful ice crystals that have grown the night before. - Manuela In the first few weeks of The Ice Cube's eager search around the internet for personal stories… Continue reading ice over a water hole
conspiracy charges in ice cube trade
Remember that time last summer when you were rushing to a friend's barbeque and realized you were out of ice? Chances are you didn't have enough in your own freezer to pack a cooler full enough to chill your pop/beer/white wine, so you stopped at a gas station or grocery store and bought a back… Continue reading conspiracy charges in ice cube trade
competitive ice cream winner: bacon
Ice ... cream provides one of the most domesticated, and delicious, relationships we have with ice. It can become a kind of crazy, rules-free relationship, too, since the combination of tastiness and the guarantee of an enthusiastic audience encourages some extreme creativity when it comes to ice cream flavours. The winning recipe of the 3rd… Continue reading competitive ice cream winner: bacon
violet ice cubes
Here's a gentle, even downright sweet, segue between last week's celebrations of International Freezer Appreciation Day and the final IFAD post that will go up on Wednesday. Summer is already winding down up here in Dawson, so I was particularly envious of this summer-lush photo from a blog called Ceres Secrets: Musings from a seasonal… Continue reading violet ice cubes




