When you remember your kid self up at the family cottage all those summers ago, what do you picture? Are you sprawled across a hammock in the shade with a Judy Blume book resting on your stomach? Digging for pieces of sea glass in the sand and carefully cleaning them off so they shine like precious jewels? Listening, wide-eyed, as one of your parents tells an old ghost story around the campfire with melted chocolate and marshmallows smeared all over your face?
We’ve rounded up our readers’ favourite memories and retro cottage photos, so if you’re aiming to make this summer the one that your kids remember forever and ever (and tell their own kids about), look no further for inspiration than the halycon days of your own childhood. Read more...
A recipe for gourmet ice cream sandwiches from the family behind White Squirrel Coffee Shop and an affogato bonus
David, the owner of Toronto’s White Squirrel Coffee Shop, and his family made this video to share a sweet how-to for gourmet ice cream sandwiches (his is a foodie’s version of the classic corner store chocolate cookie kind) and affagato (also known as ice cream drowned in espresso). In this video, once they’ve shown us how it’s done, David and his wife Shawna and their two long-locked boys hang outside their shop and rap about ice cream and cookie flavour pairings. Plus, they’re letting us share their cookie recipe with you guys. If you’re anything like us, after watching this you’ll be jonesing for a scoop, in which case we suggest you take a stroll to your local parlour, preferably one that makes their own stuff. Read more...
Now that you’ve made your ice cream sandwich cookies, you need something to smoosh between their yummy, chewy centers. With cookies this good, nothing but the finest gourmet ice cream will do. If you live in North America, you’re in luck, as some of the world’s best frozen desserts are made right here at home and can be bought somewhere in your hood or even shipped to your doorstep (try going through the site IceCreamSource.com). Here are our favourite picks (betcha can’t try them all!):
