Italy

Best Homemade Stracciatella Ice Cream Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
April 14, 2023May 24, 2023

Inspired by the popular Italian gelato flavor, we created the best homemade stracciatella ice cream recipe that is elegant and sophisticated, using French vanilla ice cream and shavings of the best French chocolate.

Maraschino Cherry Ice Cream Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
April 14, 2022May 6, 2023

MarasCherry Ice Cream Recipes made with Italian maraschino cherries

Easy Star Bread Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
March 20, 2021March 8, 2023

This is an easy star bread recipe for a soft sweet bread that looks very festive

“While traveling the world and looking for the best ingredients, we found that many producers who care about quality also care about sustainability. We discovered that by choosing the best ingredients we had reduced our carbon footprint. A few more changes, and we cut our carbon footprint in half! Then we realized that if everyone did this, it would have a big effect on climate change. Little changes add up to something big. Little things matter. We could save the world, one cookie at a time.”

Professional Photographer - Food Photographer, Wedding Photographer. Lisa was previously the Deputy Agricultural Commissioner, responsible for reviewing and enforcing organic regulations and Environmental Protection Agency pesticide use regulations. She also worked for years as an Agricultural Advisor in California, a farmer in California, and an Agricultural Extension Agent in Thailand. She received a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from California State University, Chico and studied Integrated Pest Management at U.C., Davis, which involved farming methods that preserve the environment.