TIP OF THE DAY: Make Ice Cream Without An Ice Cream Maker

You need only four ingredients to make ice cream—and NO ice cream maker. There may be an extra ingredient, such as lemon juice with fruit flavors. Just whip the cream, fold it into the sweetened condensed milk with the other ingredients, freeze in a loaf pan and voilà, ice cream! The other ingredients are sugar…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: 15 Ways To Celebrate National Coffee Ice Cream Day

With all the cups of coffee purchased at coffee shops in the U.S, you’d think coffee ice cream sales would be up there. About 1.54 billion gallons of ice cream and related frozen desserts were produced in the U.S. in 2015. But coffee ice cream didn’t even make The Top Tens lists* (it’s #11). But…
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RECIPE: Faloodeh or Faludeh, It’s Delicious Rosewater Sorbet

[1] Faludeh with a sour cherry topping at The Persian Fusion. [2] A squeeze of fresh lime juice blances the sweetness of the sobet (photo courtesy Tishineh, a site for Irani tourism). [3] A “sundae” of faludeh combined with saffron ice cream (bastani in Arabic; photo courtesy Fun Love And Cooking). The combination of flavors…
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TOP PICKS OF THE WEEK: Muuna Cottage Cheese, Oui Yogurt & More

[1] Muuna’s cottage cheese cups with fruit on the bottom come in 6 fruit flavors (photo courtesy Muuna). Yoplait’s new French-style yogurt line will have you saying “Oui!” (photo courtesy Oui By Yoplait). [3] Reuse-A-Pop is a mess-free opportunity for you to make your favorite flavor push-up ice pops (photo courtesy Russbe).   1. MUUNA…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Ice Cream Toppings Beyond The Usual

Most of us use particular condiments on foods out of habit. The convention differs among countries. Americans might use steak sauce while Argentinians use chimichurri. In the U.S., it’s maple syrup that goes on top of pancakes. In Eastern Europe and elsewhere it’s jam, in the U.K. it’s golden syrup, a.k.a. light treacle, a thick,…
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