Vanille aesthetic

From freakshakes to curiouser-and-curiouser flavor experiments, we’re living through an extreme moment in ice cream. So where do we go from here? Back to the past—as in, to the 19th-century Mediterranean. The region's classic ice cream has a surprising texture unlike anything most people, at least in the West, have ever tried. That ice cream is stretchy and chewy—chewing-gum chewy—and it comes from Turkey, Greece and the Levant region of the Mediterranean.

Ever wondered about the difference between vanilla essence vs vanilla extract? Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you have absolutely no clue which type of vanilla flavouring you should use for baking

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As you ready your pantry for holiday baking, you’ve got a choice to make — splurge on fragrant, yet pricey pure vanilla extract, or stick with less expensive imitation vanilla extract. Is there really a difference between the two? And is pure vanilla really worth its higher price tag?