Archive for January, 2010

Soy Milk Ice Cream

I know a couple of people that can’t drink milk, which means they suffer a fate worse than death: not being able to eat ice cream. The solution? Make ice cream from soy milk. But I discovered that there are two problems with making soy milk ice cream. First, soy milk has almost no fat […]

Häagen-Dazs Five

I love the idea behind Häagen-Dazs’s “Five” line of all-natural ice cream. Milk, cream, sugar, eggs, and a fifth ingredient for flavor. And absolutely nothing else. No stabilizers, no corn syrup, no artificial flavors or colors, just homemade ice cream at a grocery store. They have 7 flavors, but I just had to know what […]

German Chocolate Cake Ice Cream

When I talk to friends about ice cream, the conversation invariably turns into a brainstorming session about all the various kinds of dessert that could be made into an ice cream. So when my cousin’s son made a special request for German Chocolate Cake ice cream, it sounded like a great challenge. Chocolate ice cream with coconut, pecans, and caramel. How hard could it be?