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Fried Ice Cream1 quart vanilla ice cream, good quality5 cups corn flakes, crushed1 cup flaked coconut1 tablespoon cinnamon2 eggs1 tablespoon milk2 quarts oil for deep fryingMake 5 1/2-cup scoops of ice cream. Place on a pan or baking sheet lined with waxed paper and freeze for at least one hour.Meanwhile, in a shallow bowl add crushed corn flakes, coconut and cinnamon. Stir together. Set aside. In another shallow bowl, beat egg and milk together, set aside.Remove ice cream from the freezer and roll and press the corn flake mixture around the ice cream. Like packing a snowball. Then roll the ice cream ball into the egg mixture then back into the corn flake mixture. This will give you a thicker crust. Return to the freezer for at least one hour or until the ice cream is very hard.Heat oil in a Dutch oven or heavy pot until the temperature reaches 365 degrees. Remove the ice cream balls from the freezer and carefully drop into the hot oil. Deep fry for only 20-30 seconds. Remove from the oil and place on a paper towel. Serve immediately with honey and strawberries. Makes 5 servings.
small but perfectly formed (finding the right camera)
I’m an enthusiast of beautiful photography, but it’s not my profession. (Well, it sort of is.) For this reason I’ve so far opted to make the best of the cameras and phone cameras I have instead of splurging on a “real” one. After all, a good camera can increase your chances of capturing a sharp image, but it can’t make you a better photographer.
Still, it seems I was always looking for the next best thing. In a bid to “grow up” and get a real camera two years ago, I sprang for my first (secondhand) $700 DSLR. But I promptly returned it the next day because I couldn’t get the lens to focus and did not have the patience to press buttons to make it do what I wanted it to do automatically, intuitively.
After returning the DSLR, I bought a Canon Powershot G10 to act as an in-between a point-and-shoot and DSLR, which worked wonderfully for a while, but I never got to figuring out white balance, low light settings and F-stops. I also couldn’t find an un-ugly case for it.
Lately, my go to camera has been my iPhone using the Camera+ app. I love the ease of taking photos on my phone. Plus, as long as I have Wi-Fi access, I can blog from wherever I am. The majority of my Tumblr pics from the past year were taken on my iPhone.
Let’s not forget the Sony Cyber-shot WX9, a gift from Sony, which, aside from short battery life, is one of the best compact point-and-shoots I have used. So far, nothing beats its tiny size. It’s so slim I keep it in one pocket and my phone in the other, and often forget which pocket the Cyber-shot is in.
Even with the Sony in tow, however, I would be hit with camera envy when I’d come across a camera that could illuminate a subject at nighttime, catch a baby in mid-laugh or capture the unraveling of cigarette smoke.
That is, until Tumblr introduced me to the Olympus PEN E-PM1. This past fall, Tumblr teamed up with Olympus to promote their newest camera and I was one of the lucky 100 to receive one to give it a test run.
Pack Small. Shoot Big. - tagline for the new camera.
I have been using the camera for about two months now; I love it and even found a $20 compact leather carrying case that’s constantly mistaken for a purse. (Here’s a pic of me and purse.)
While I do not understand the mechanics that make a good camera, I know what I want from a camera I use daily for work and fun: small enough to throw in a bag with my MacBook, gym clothes, notebook and a paperback; quick response time; the ability to capture subjects in low lighting; an interchangeable lens(!) for different situations (macro for food photos, to be precise); and video capability with decent sound recording. (I shot a Stupidly Simple Snacks video with the boys of Huma-Huma on the Olympus PEN E-PM1; they’re filmmakers and even they said the image quality is impressive. Fingers crossed I can edit and publish the video before Christmas.)
I hope Santa brings you one this Christmas. As for me, I’m not looking for the next best thing anymore. I think I have it.
Photo taken with Olympus Pen E-PM1 @ Fat Goose. 125 Wythe Avenue, Williamsburg (718) 963-2200 / Genever Cured Wild Salmon with fennel orange salad.
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