Spatula Diaries: Shamrock shake

“I have an enduring memory of crčme de menthe poured over Breyer’s vanilla bean ice cream for dessert during family events,” writes 225 food blogger Maggie Heyn Richardson. “Turning to this classic concoction was the refuge of my grandmother, a terminal gardener who wasn’t interested in cooking and liked to declare, ‘I prefer the outside of the house.’ We grandkids had year-round access to ice cream with Hershey’s chocolate syrup, but on special occasions, the whole family indulged in bowls of vanilla gilded by the electric green liqueur. ‘It looks like Scope,’ my cousin would mutter under his breath. But I willingly fell into its syrupy clutches, watching the green streaks bleed into white and scraping up every creamy spoonful.” Click here to read all about this cool treat in this week’s Spatula Diaries.