I scream, you scream… In Israel, it was the Israeli business daily Calcalist screaming this week about just how much ice cream Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been licking on the people’s dime (sorry, shekel). The paper reported that Bibi had asked for and received a NIS 10,000 ($2,700) budget from the government to keep…
Adam Ziv feels he was destined to make ice cream and own a gelateria. “No one in Israel knows more about ice cream that I do,” he said. “I think I have tried every kind of ice cream on offer anywhere in the country.” Ziv, 27, has taken this lifetime of tasting and combined it…
Stephen Colbert inspired Ben & Jerry’s “AmeriCone Dream” ice cream, and the company named its “Late Night Snack” flavor for Jimmy Fallon. So, Neal Gottlieb thought it was time for that other late night funnyman — Jon Stewart — to also have his own ice cream variety. As it turned out, Gottlieb was better positioned…
Video: Nate Lavey ‘Give me it for free,” a group of young boys yells in Yiddish, giggling merrily, as their tzitzit strings dangle. The man standing in the ice cream truck grins down at them. “No, give me money,” he replies. The negotiation continues until an older sibling finally comes over with a wrinkled fistful…
With Thanksgiving around the corner I have a one-track mind: pumpkin. Pumpkin lattes, pumpkin spice cake, pumpkin soup, pumpkin muffins and pumpkin ice cream. I’ve eaten all that in the past week. Do I have an addiction? Probably, but I’m okay with that. For me, Thanksgiving is all about self-reflection and food. Originally intended to…
In 1984 President Ronald Reagan declared July National Ice Cream Month. In honor of the month, we’ll be celebrating this delicious food each week with Frozen Fridays, a series about Jews and ice cream. It all started when I tried to make a “Jewish” ice cream flavor. Is there such a thing? I thought about…
In 1984 President Ronald Reagan declared July National Ice Cream Month. In honor of the month, we’ll be celebrating this delicious food each week with Frozen Fridays, a series about Jews and ice cream. People are fascinated with the idea of the afterlife and whether Jews believe in Heaven and Hell. Now, I’m no professional…
The last time I went to Melo Hatene to stock up on tahina, I ran into my friend and fellow kibbutz member, David Leishman. David was there for tahina, too: He occasionally makes tahina ice cream for Melo Hatene’s restaurant in exchange for raw tahina and other yummy things from the shop. Intrigued by the…
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