Make homemade ice cream.

“At night, when my daughter, almost three at the time, was asleep, I would bring out the mixing bowls. Because most of the recipes require cooking the mixture to some degree, it would often sit in my fridge chilling, until morning until Gigi would drag a chair to the kitchen counter to watch me pour the mixture into the frozen bowl. I'd drape my Kitchen-aid with a towel to help keep the cool air in around the bowl, and we'd listen, impatiently, to the whir of the mixer as it churned my creamy mixture into dreamy, rich ice cream.”

“The recipes were a bit intimidating, with lots of steps, and I was nervous at first-- how would I know when the custard was done? Would my ice cream thicken and freeze nicely, or remain liquidy and get icy? There was no way to know if I didn't buy the milk and cream and go for it.”