I bake a lot, which means I go through a lot of vanilla beans. For some preparations, I use only the seeds – I split the vanilla bean in half lengthwise and scrape out the tiny seeds with the dull ...

This creamy vanilla ice cream from Jeni Britton is anything but basic. Jeni Britton is an American ice cream maker and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the artisan ice cream movement, she introduced a ...

Though often served unmolded, chef E. Michael Reidt's vanilla panna cotta is so tender that he serves it in ramekins. Panna cotta — literally "cooked cream" in Italian — is a silky, eggless custard ...

Banish the phrase "plain vanilla" from your lexicon. Why? Because vanilla is one of the most complex spices around, boasting at least 250 different flavor and aroma compounds, only one of which is ...