Ice Cream News

With kitchen technology getting more and more high tech, it is probably a good time for a re-imagining of the humble ice cream scoop.

CHICOPEE - Julio Rosa, a 29-year-old homeless man who allegedly attempted to rob a soft-serve ice cream stand in the Willimansett neighborhood with a sawed-off shotgun early Monday afternoon, was ordered held in lieu of $25,000 cash bail or $250,000 surety following his arraignment in District Court.

Charles Street offers plenty of spots for a cool, creamy refreshment on a hot day, but our readers say the best is newcomer J.P. Licks .

Have many of you tried Shatto Dairy Farm's ice cream sandwiches? My friends and I love them, but whenever we talk about them the conversation starts and ends the same way - "They're so expensive!" As wonderful as these treats taste, their $4 price tag leaves me feeling a little sour.

Bring the family for an old-fashioned Sunday afternoon outing under the big tent with music by The New Canaan Town Band and the Saxsationals.

Once again it is time for Ice Cream. Although this is something that could be enjoyed all year around, it is not known why people in the Midwest search out this tasty treat more in the heat of summer, but we do.

Making Handel's Waffle Cones: Krystle Common makes a vanilla waffle cone at Handel's Homemade Ice Cream & Yogurt in Bonita Springs.

Tom Auffhammer, 17 scoops ice cream in Syracuse, N.Y. Teens continue to face stiff competition for summer jobs, but a downward trend in summer hiring for teens actually predates the recession.

Remember how excited we got when we were kids during the summer months and we heard the familiar jingle of the ice cream truck coming into our neighborhood? Well, here's a twenty-first century update on that scenario.

No strangers to awards, Jan Wichayanuparp and Helen Yung, the ice cream savants at Sweet Republic, have done it again.

You'll probably be eating your fair share of ice cream this summer, so why not make the preparation part of it a whole lot easier with the Serrated Ice Cream Scoop? The scooper comes from Amco Houseworks and features an intricate design that will make transporting ice cream from the carton to your mouth a total breeze.

The second annual ice cream social sponsored by the Dexter Senior Center will be held in Monument Park on Saturday.

I know many of you will agree, Memorial Day was hot! If it weren't for my access to a pool and the air-conditioning at my house, I would have been miserable.

Orange juice maker Tropicana markets its brand as fresh from the grove, but a series of lawsuits nationwide claim the company's juice is so heavily processed it shouldn't be called "natural." In approximately 20 lawsuits, the first one filed in New Jersey, lawyers claim the company adds chemically engineered "flavor packs" to its juice, making it ... (more)

The Ben and Jerry's at 405 Washington St. in Hoboken is hosting an Ice Cream Sidewalk Carnival today from 5 to 9 p.m. that will feature free face painters, music, balloons and celebrity scoopers.

That and flavours like Muskoka Sun and Quebec blue cheese make Delight downtown's undisputed queen of ice cream.

Dairy Queen has been serving frozen treats for more than six decades on Post Road in Fairfield.

The bad news is that you probably won't be able to get your hands on one of the prepackaged mixes virtually all frozen-custard stands use.

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For the next 20 weeks, we'll be rounding up the runners-up to our 2011 Best of Houston winners .