Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at Home

What makes this book have such high potential begins with Jeni's story and her success with her ice cream business. I don't live anywhere near Ohio, but plenty of my food blogger friends tell me that the ice cream is incredible. Her story is interesting to read and well told. Each recipe has a beautiful photograph (and I am highly visual) and is arranged by season. Her basic ice cream recipe is so different from the custard-base recipes I've learned through David Lebovitz (The Perfect Scoop). She is pure genius in her creativity of blending spices, fruits, nuts, cheese, or wine to her frozen confection. As I read every recipe, I was amazed at the combinations she thinks of-- and wanting to make them all. I will start, first, with the roasted strawberry & buttermilk flavor. Of course, I need to try her salted caramel, because it's one of my favorite flavors. The sweet potato ice cream with toasted marshmallows (and she includes that recipe) sounds like one that I can hardly wait to make. These recipes are not your ordinary ice creams. That's what excites me about diving into trying them. I'm so glad that I bought this book, because not only love to eat ice cream-- it's fun to make. UPDATE: I made the Savannah Buttermint Ice Cream with White Chocolate. It was creamy, slightly dense and really good. I can't wait to make more flavors!