I just bought a copy of Heidi Swanson's Supernatural Cooking after falling in serious like with her blog, 101 Cookbooks. The cookbook is great, and full of creative recipes that I haven't gotten around to trying yet. But if Heidi keeps posting delicious recipes on her blog - like this one for Espresso Caramels, I might NEVER get to the cookbook! And I did finally get around to making a batch of David Lebovitz's Salted Butter Caramel Ice Cream - it was divine. Almost too much, even for a caramel lover like me. I cheated a bit and didn't use fleur de sel, but rather cheapo Trader Joe's sea salt ground up with my mortar and pestle. The only bad thing about this recipe (did I mention that it even stays scoopable in the freezer?) is that it leaves you with 5 lonely egg whites - I would have made meringues, but it was a rainy day and I knew they'd never crisp up. Sigh. I ended up scrambling them into a sub-par breakfast rumble. Nothing that a little perfect ice cream won't cure! I must share two other fabulous caramel recipes - this one, for a Caramel-Walnut tart is so delicious - I've made it several times and it's a delectable fall dessert - prefect with lots of coffee. :) And while it's a few weeks until Halloween, it's never too early for a batch of Caramel-Dipped Apples. I used to love the simple caramel apples made by melting down dozens of unwrapped caramel squares, but this recipe is ten times better. No, a hundred times better! I have to eat a lot of these babies now to make up for my inevitable toothless future.