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Peach ice cream. Photo courtesy Haagen-Dazs. It’s National peach Ice Cream Day. Peaches originated in China and have been cultivated since about 1000 B.C.E. Here are more peach facts. To celebrate the holiday, QVC has sent us chef David Venable’s recipe for homemade, fresh peach ice cream. If you’d like a classic custard-base French…
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Four New Pints, Seven New Pops Our favorite ice cream maker, Talenti Gelato, has introduced four welcome new flavors. The company has also turned seven of the most popular flavors into chocolate-covered ice cream bars. As with everything, they done a masterful job with: Argentine Caramel Gelato, a delight for dulce de leche lovers Alphonso…
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Thanks to the enthusiastic response to yesterday’s easy, light summer dessert, the Pavlova, here‘s another idea. It was inspired by a dessert we saw at Chocolate Lab restaurant in San Francisco: Serve a fresh fruit tartlet with a matching sorbet. Here are the easy steps: Choose a pairing theme (mango, raspberry, strawberry or other fruit…
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Before there were sorbet makers, there was granita, hand-scraped in ice cube trays as the mixture freezes (it‘s also known as shaved ice). Granita is a semi-frozen dessert made from sugar, water and flavoring—typically fruit or coffee. A precursor of sorbet and Italian ice, it originated in Sicily, where the texture remains coarser and more…
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Celebrate National Ice Cream Month with something new and exciting, like the ice cream recipes below. They may sound unusual, but they’re absolutely delicious. Blue Cheese Ice Cream (recipe) Cheddar Ice Cream (recipe) Cream Cheese Ice Cream (recipe) Goat Cheese Ice Cream (recipe) Olive Oil Ice Cream With Shaved Parmesan (recipe) Parmesan Ice Cream Sandwiches…
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