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Arctic Roll Revival

September 20, 2011

The Arctic Roll is back. This cake and ice-cream concoction was the Ben and Jerry’s treat of the 80’s. It prempted the Vienetta and was that little bit of luxury when times were tight. It was the Sunday best and had a similar mystique to baked alaska. At the height of its popularity, more than twenty five miles of Arctic Rolls were sold every month in the UK alone. The original arctic roll is essentially vanilla ice cream wrapped in a thin layer of sponge cake to form a roll and bound together with a layer of sweet sauce. Continue Reading…

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Bloom and Spoon

June 9, 2011

Don’t worry, I’m still cooking! However, I do make it out of the kitchen from time to time. Last Saturday I was lured away by a fabulous food and gardening festival called Bloom. The festival has been an annual event for the last 5 years, but this was the very first time I had ever been. Bloom happens in the beautiful Phoenix Park in Dublin and is basically a showcase of the best of Irish produce. It’s also about gardening and crafts, so plenty to keep me entertained. I felt very proud of our tiny little island as we walked around and I’m hopeful that this mini food revolution in Ireland continues.  Continue Reading…

Dessert

Adventures in Salty Almond Ice-cream

May 3, 2011

Blogging about food gives you a whole new awareness of other food blogs out there. Now that I read so many food blogs, I feel a lot more tuned into food from all over the world. The downside though is some of the blogs are so amazing, that I get blog envy :-(. But then you get back in the kitchen and take inspiration from some of these great blogs. I am regular reader and fan of the The Kitchn and my mouth literally watered when they posted a recipe for salted almond ice-cream last week. I am a sucker for salty sweet ice-cream with salty caramel ice-cream being my absolute favourite. Maybe the reason I like salty sweet ice-cream is because I have fond memories of eating ice-cream on the beach and maybe some of that salty sea water tainted the flavour. Continue Reading…

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I'm Vicky and Stasty is my simple and tasty food recipe blog. I love to cook and I love to talk about food, so this blog is really my ramblings and thoughts about cooking and eating. Some of the recipes are my own and some are ones that I found on the net or picked up from my favorite cookbooks. I cook everything in our little kitchen in beautiful Washington. I am aided and abetted by my I.T guru/tantrum-trouble-shooter/editor and chief-taster otherwise known as the OH or Nelius.