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A Quiet End to Popsicle Season
Now that the weather has changed, the author doesn't know what to do with her excess frozen treats.read more
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The Evolution of a Popsicle Business
Over a year after she made her first batch of frozen desserts, the author reflects on how far she's come.read more
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As Popsicle Season Ends, a Look Ahead
It's almost fall, but the author is already thinking about next summer--and how to build on her new business.read more
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Trying Other People's Popsicles
A rainy day gives the author an opportunity to taste the work of a fellow popsicle-maker--and she's impressed.read more
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Inspiration at the Ice Cream Shop
The author reveals how ice cream shops come up with flavors like Grape Nuts and Guinness.read more
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The Hazards of Selling Popsicles
The author's business requires her to park illegally and run through New York with a box of dry ice. Why the effort is worth it.read more
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The Art of Popsicle-Making
The author starts selling homemade popsicles and learns the joy of experimenting with unusual flavors.read more
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Soft Serve and Summer
Berthillon and Paris might be good--okay, great--but nothing beats Pine Tree Softy in the Maine mountains.read more
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The Secret Behind Special Chocolate
The author describes the ancient Mexican art of cocoa-milling--but he can only reveal so much.read more
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Assembling a Patriotic Cheese Platter
Honor Independence Day and Bastille Day with ambassador cheeses from the U.S. and France.read more
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How to Make a Chocolate Bar
It's not easy to find high-quality, organic cacao. But the work pays off in the form of a rich chocolate bar.read more
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Cheeses to Welcome Summer
Summer calls for a mix of strong and mild cheeses that have one thing in common: they can hold up in the heat.read more
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A New Use For Goat Cheese
Goat cheese isn't just for spreading on crackers; this cheesemonger shows how to use it to make dessert.read more
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Chicken and Waffles, Texas Style
In Austin, a city full of popular food carts, one trailer selling fried chicken and waffles stands out. The author tries Lucky J's Chicken and Waffles and discovers the secret is in the sauce.read more
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How to Save Ruined Sorbet
All it takes is a special blender and some syrup to bring a sorbet back to life. But fixing failed ice cream isn't so easy--Ice creams are usually impossible to refreeze, though some expensive restaurants claim to melt and refreeze ice cream every day.read more
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The Art of America's Cheese-Makers
A trip to the Seattle Cheese Festival makes the author realize how many wonderful cheeses are made in the U.S. Elbowing through the crowds at the 100-year-old Pike Place Market, she discovers countless gems.read more
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Welcome Back, Roquefort
Days after the U.S. dropped threatened tariffs on luxury food imports from Europe, the author celebrates a classic French cheese and ponders what life would have been without it. She also offers a theory for how American officials were convinced to cancel the taxes.read more
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Rock and Roll Ice Cream Scoopers
You might not think the worlds of ice cream and punk rock would overlap much, but they do. Musicians make surprisingly good ice cream shop employees. Here, words of wisdom from the best musicians-turned-scoopers to enter the shop.read more
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Cacao Tejate: Ancient Chocolate Drink
Hand-milled in Mexico for centuries from cocoa beans, corn, and the flower of the "funeral tree," it's like an artisinal Frosty. The local producers, who also sell it, each make their own customized versions of the chocolatey beverage, adding such extras as chilies, salsa, or herbs.read more
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The Kosher Chocolate Wars
The bitter struggle, filled with smear campaigns and in-fighting, began over competing for kosher certification for chocolate but, in the end, would determine whether kosher food in America would be about religion--or about business.read more(Stupid) FAQs at the Ice Cream Shop
Customers ask odd questions when it comes to ice cream, but you can usually see what they're getting at. When they make fun of an unusual ice cream flavor like Salty Saffron, they probably really want to taste it. But there are times when our above-average customers can be disappointing. read more
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Mexican Chocolate: Rustic, Stronger, Better
Mexican chocolate has strong flavors and rustic textures you just won't find in a bar of the European stuff. It's no wonder: chocolate has been a food--not a candy--in Central and South America for thousands of years before it ever got to Europe.read more
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A Seder Different From All Other Seders
No more Almond Kisses! Or any other Barton's chocolates--the iconic company is another recession victim. read moreOn Tap in Vermont, Maple Sap
As maple sugaring season ends, two brothers offer a different take on a distinctly North American food. Like Vermont maple syrup? Just wait until you try maple seltzer or maple soda, which hearken back to New England's cultural roots.read more
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When Ice Cream Gets Dangerous
Restaurants sometimes request unusual flavors that customers off the street would never think of asking for -- like mango habanero, oatmeal, or ginger rose petal. They're great -- if you've got your safety goggles. Turning such odd ingredients into ice cream is no cakewalk.read more
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A Cheese of Romance and Transition
Named after a band of French Resistance guerrillas, Fleur de Maquis epitomizes the end of winter. It is rubbed with rosemary, juniper berries, fennel seeds, and tiny red chili peppers. A fresh, mild, moist sheep's milk cheese made on the island of Corsica in the Mediterranean.read more
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Deeply Inhaling a Prizewinning Cheddar
From Wisconsin's Carr Valley, Snow White Goat Cheddar gives off the aroma of toffee and tastes even better. The wheel weighs around 38 pounds, and develops a mottled, gray, and white surface. And it won Best of Show at the Winter Artisan American Cheese Fair. The winning cheddar.read more
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Some Saffron in Your Ice Cream?
Creating new ice cream flavors is a specialized art with its own risks, but creativity has its rewards. Have you ever had an ice cream inspired by the spices of India, or the cuisine of America's Deep South? Even carob can be a flavor.read more
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