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Recipe: Herbed Ice Cream (In This Case, Rosemary, Served With Mulberries)

It is a gift to be situated near fresh food, even for just a brief moment. While we were in Italy last month, we stayed at a house that had a massive patch of rosemary. I'd been wanting to make ice ...

Recipe: Peanut Butter Ice Cream with Trader Joe's Chocolate Covered Mini Peanut Butter Crackers

OK everyone, here is an ice cream mix-in you do not want to miss. While at Trader Joe's last weekend, stocking up for a lunch with family, I spied these milk chocolate covered peanut butter crackers o...

Try This! Philadelphia-Style Ice Cream

Have you ever had a craving for homemade ice cream, but just couldn't summon the willpower to drag out a sauce pan and make the custard base? We have four words (and a hyphen) for you: Philadelphia-St...

Good Question: Help Me Recreate Cookie Dough Ice Cream

Here's a very interesting question about "cookie dough" ice cream from Kristin. Read her question carefully; it's not the cookie dough ice cream you may be thinking of! About 20 years ago in New Haven...

Good Question: Should I Upgrade My Ice Cream Maker?

Have you made ice cream yet this season? We have, just once, but we're looking forward to lots more. Here's a question from Delairen on ice cream makers: I need help choosing a new ice cream maker and...

Beer Float! With Hoppin' Frog Oatmeal-Imperial Stout

We've asked you how you like your ice cream floats, and we've confessed our own love for beer floats. And now we've found perhaps the perfect beer for a thick, rich, chocolatey beer float; it's nearly...

Quick Treat: How To Make a Perfect Ice Cream Sandwich

Something about spring makes me want to throw healthy cooking to the wind. Of course there is plenty of good cooking to be done in the spring with all those temptingly fresh vegetables, but after the ...

Weekend Project: Break Out the Ice Cream Maker!

Happy May, everyone! Can we declare the ice cream season officially open? Even if you've been making ice cream all year long, you've got to admit that there's something special about that first batch ...

Look! Carrot Cake Ice Cream from David Lebovitz
Los Angeles Times

Carrot cake is one of those desserts we associate very strongly with Easter. The piped carrots and plastic bunnies on the supermarket versions seem to line right up with the spirit of the holiday, and...

Recipe: Sour Cherry-Almond Ice Cream with Chocolate Chunks

It wouldn't be Valentine's Day without something sweet. Well, in our case, it wouldn't be Tuesday (or Wednesday...or Thursday...) So, instead of a dessert that heats things up, here's one to cool you ...

Still Partying: Humphry Slocombe Finally Opens!San Francisco

I was in Trader Joe's on the Friday after New Year's Day and at 3 PM the place was packed. I mean jammed: people were fighting over the last remaining carts, the shelves were empty and the checkout ...

Recipe: Peppermint Ice Cream with Dark Chocolate Flecks

The only frozen thing many of us have on our minds right now (especially in New York) is what's falling out of the sky. But the snow piling up on our windowsill is not stopping us from making ice crea...

Ice Cream Artisan: Delicieuse

2503 Artesia Blvd. Redondo Beach, CA 90278 310.793.7979 www.icedreamonline.com When it comes to ice cream, my partner and I could not have more different tastes. He is an ice cream fiend, known to s...

A La Mode: Ice Cream Flavors That Go Well with Pie

When it comes to our pie baking contest, the pie's the thing, of course. But along with the baking and the sharing and the judging and the voting comes the eating—and that is often done best with a ...

DIY Wedding Cake and Ice Cream: The Recipes

Last week I showed you a few photos of my homemade wedding cakes, but neglected to give you the recipes! Here they are - two simple cakes suitable for any occasion, along with their trimmings and ice ...

From The Email: An Ode to Prune & Armagnac Ice Cream

A version of this post was originally sent to our email subscribers on August 29. To receive Sara Kate's weekly email, sign up in the column to the left or click here. Something tasty will arrive in y...

Straus Family Creamery
Sonoma County, CA

If you've shopped at Rainbow Grocery or Bi-Rite Market, you've probably seen those glass bottles with the cream-top milk and creamer. Most likely, they came from Straus Family Creamery in Sonoma Coun...

DIY Wedding Recipe: Creamy, Tangy Lemon Ice Cream

A little while ago I asked for your opinions on what kind of ice cream and sorbet I should make to pair with my homemade wedding cakes. Well, the decision is made! Read on for the recipe... ...

Best Lick! Ice Cream Contest 2008: Contest Update

26 entries later... Ice Cream Month and our Best Lick! 2008 contest were quite a blast. We had even more entries than expected, so we'll leave voting open on the last several entries for a couple mo...

Ice Cream Is A ... Rock?

Geologist Maria Brumm has made a compelling argument that ice cream is a sort of igneous rock. Waitaminute! We've been eating rocks?...

Recipe: The Best Chocolate Ice Cream

OK, calling it the best might be a bit of a stretch: the true merit of something as beloved and simple as chocolate ice cream comes not just from its formula, but when and where it's consumed, the qua...

Thursday Giveaway: OXO Scoop and Store Combo

Giveaway: 3 sets of an OXO Ice Cream Spade and POP 1.5 Small Square Container Find it: POP 1.5 Small Square Container, $9.99 at Amazon; OXO Good Grips Ice Cream Spade, also $9.99 at Amazon Ice Cream ...

Vegan Vanilla Coconut Ice Cream
Best Lick! 2008 Ice Cream Contest Entry #26

Original Ice Cream Flavor: Vegan Vanilla Coconut Ice Cream Ice Cream Chef: Anali of Anali's First Amendment What inspired this recipe? My boyfriend has to limit his dairy intake, but he loves ice cr...

Key Lime Dream Ice Cream
Best Lick! 2008 Ice Cream Contest Entry #25

Original Ice Cream Flavor: Key Lime Dream Ice Cream Ice Cream Chef: Andrea What inspired this recipe? I've been obsessed with key lime pie all summer, so I thought why not turn it into a refreshing ...

Creamy Espresso Crunch
Best Lick! 2008 Ice Cream Contest Entry #24

Original Ice Cream Flavor: Creamy Espresso Crunch Ice Cream Chef: Jason What inspired this recipe? I wanted to create an all organic ice cream that provides guilt-free indulgence of my favorite foo...