Ice cream around the world (and at home)

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Noble Folk Ice Cream & Pie Bar Healdsburg

Noble Folk Ice Cream & Pie Bar Healdsburg

I am as influenced by instagram as the next person. So it’s not a surprise that when I saw Noble Folk pop up on a food blogger’s Facebook feed, I knew had to go. But I had delayed my visit to Noble Folk for so […]

Pear Pecorino Ice Cream

Pear Pecorino Ice Cream

When I was in Ohio to research Ice Cream Travel Guide, I asked to visit Snowville Creamery (one of the dairy sources for Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream), because I had trouble getting in touch with Jeni. To my surprise, Warren (owner of Snowville Creamery) invited […]

Thompson Grape Sorbet

Thompson Grape Sorbet

There are typically two flavors I avoid when I encounter candy. Orange and grape. Maybe because those two are the most artificial tasting. Or that their colors…aren’t as bright as yellow and blue. When we walked through my favorite farmers market, I couldn’t help but […]

Amorino Gelato Las Vegas

Amorino Gelato Las Vegas

“A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.” – Leo Buscagli When I began research for Ice Cream Travel Guide, ice cream lovers happily shared photos of their ice cream experiences. One particular struck me: a rose topping a cone. “I […]

Roasted Strawberry and Caramelized Banana Ice Cream

Roasted Strawberry and Caramelized Banana Ice Cream

Growing up in California where fresh produce is ample. I had always taken for granted the fruits available in the farmers market. Especially strawberries. There is something intoxicating about an entire case of strawberries, with the delicate scent alluring all that pass by the stand. […]

Kaffir Lime Coconut Sorbet

Kaffir Lime Coconut Sorbet

Written in October 2012 I am notorious for not eating green things. I hate green things unless they are tinged with sugar or overwhelmed with salt. So quite naturally, I am quite the candidate for ice cream loving. Even those flavors that are green. A […]

Mango Passionfruit Ice Cream

Mango Passionfruit Ice Cream

Written in October 2012 In the same farmers market trip for the peaches, a stand with smaller boxes than others caught my eye as I strolled. It looked as if the farmer looked at her garden and chose a select few. Sure, they were generic […]

Roasted Peach Sorbet

Roasted Peach Sorbet

Written in September 2012 After a two week journey through Vancouver and Seattle, I learned one important lesson in ice cream making: Shop well. The choice of ingredients always shine through the recipes. Particularly in ice cream where the taste is based on the quality […]

Raspberry Lemon Sorbet

Raspberry Lemon Sorbet

Written in September 2012 “I love raspberries,” my friend declared and stared at me, unleashing a magical wand in the form of a single finger. “You must make me a raspberry sorbet!” Maybe those weren’t the exact words he said or the expression he wielded. […]

Pur-eh Ice Cream

Pur-eh Ice Cream

Written in September 2012 At Chinese restaurants during our childhood, my sister and I consistently refused to drink tea. We were the fussy Americans that demanded icy glasses of water—happily gulping a cold liquid that traditional Chinese believed to upset the yin and yang of […]