Floating on Cloud 9
One of the most comforting classic desserts in the canon of French cuisine isîle flottante, a cloudlike confection of meringue floating on a sea of crème anglaise. Like a cloud on a plate, this light and airy dessert floats across your palate and down…
The fragrant beauty of Ireland’s ‘Bitter End’
There’s much to be said for bitter – and not all of it negative. One of the four primary taste sensations, bitter resides at the very back of the tongue at the farthest remove from the lips. Bittersweet, for example, offers exactly what it promises,…
Harmattan by Roads Fragrance
Each year in West Africa, the dry and dusty wintry wind known as the Harmattan blows in from the Sahara, creating a mystical haze not unlike a dense fog. Eyes closed, the air is redolent – and in the case of the Roads fragrance eponymously named…