Playing With My Food ~
A journal about food, thought, travel, and life; by Chef & Raconteur Chaz French.

Heaven, in a churn…

Banana, Strawberry, Raspberry, & Vanilla Ice Cream 2 large, very ripe bananas 8 ounces hulled strawberries 8 ounces raspberries (frozen will do) 16 ounces heavy cream, 8 ounces milk 2 ounces honey 1 ounce extra special uber-good vanilla extract Blend until smooth in a high-powered blender, (or food processor). Pour mixture into a ice cream […]

Orange Creamsicle Cheesecake

This one probably ties with the peanut butter brownie chunk cheesecake as other people’s favorite of my flavors. I’d say it’s pretty popular on my tongue too. The flavor of a childhood favorite gets transformed into a rich creamy cheesecake that will leave you wondering just how one came to recreate it. A professional baker […]

Thin Mint Cheesecake

I created this for a friend’s 30th birthday, it was a huge hit. Tweet

Peanut Butter Brownie Chunk Cheesecake with Chocolate Ganache

Where do you find inspiration? Sometimes it’s just sitting there waiting for you to see it. I wanted to make a new cheesecake and was trying to come up with ideas for ideas, after the mango-saffron I was having trouble coming up with ideas. Standing at my baking island, I opened the spice drawer and […]

Mango Saffron Cheesecake

This was the most experimental cheesecake of them all. I decided I wanted to make a mango flavored cheesecake and as I was cooking the mango I realized the color wasn’t as mango-ey as I wanted … not wanting to use food coloring (and not having any on hand) I dropped in some saffron threads […]

Vanilla Cheesecake with Chocolate Sauce

This is the one that started it all with the cheesecakes. It began it’s life as as a plain cheesecake recipe stolen borrowed from Martha Stewart. I made some variations and settled on this as being the best, all the other flavors that I make came from this base. Tweet