TIP OF THE DAY: Sorbet Toppings

Typically, if you get any garnish with a scoop of sorbet, it’s a mint leaf, berry, lemon peel curl or other variation of the fruit used to make the sorbet. But how about preserves? We were inspired by this photo from Vivoli, a gelateria in Florence, Italy, of pineapple sorbet with pineapple preserves. Yum! So…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Hot Sauce Ice Cream Cocktail Shake

Photo courtesy Jimador Tequila.   Today’s tip concerns thinking outside the box. Have you ever had ice cream and hot sauce? If it sounds strange, try this cocktail from El Jimador Tequila. Ratchet up the heat on Cinco de Mayo with a “hot” ice cream cocktail. The recipe includes ice cream, coffee liqueur, tequila, mango…
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PRODUCT: Magnum Gold Ice Cream Bars

Magnum, our favorite premium ice cream bars, has leaped beyond chocolate-covered ice cream on a stick It has introduced MAGNUM Gold?!, vanilla ice cream with a sea salt-caramel swirl. That punctuation—both a question mark and an exclamation mark—is part of the product name. Why, we haven’t a clue. We can only beseech manufacturers to keep…
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