Wednesday, May 28, 2008

My Little Secret: Ice Cream Cookbooks Galore!

I love books. I love ice cream. I love mail and packages. I don't really love soy. I don't love spending money. So, I traded one book for another.

I guess this isn't totally about ice cream making, but it is, kind of. Just the other day I got a couple of new-used ice cream books in the mail. I got a like-new copy of Ice Cream: The Perfect Weekend Treat by Susanna Tee, and better yet, a little out-of-print gem of a book called The Joy of Ice Cream by Matthew Klein.

I just wanted to write a little post about the virtues of searching places other than your internet superstore or megabook store (though those can be good too!) for those books you want to add to your collection...I got one of my favorite books at the library book sale, and another one on Paperback Swap.

I just did a search at Paperback Swap for Ice Cream in the Cookbook category, and I found a number of books here. Don't worry, I didn't take them all! Sometimes, though, my favorite part isn't gettnig them immediately, but putting it on my wishlist until it becomes available, and then "Poof!," all of a sudden, a new ice cream book arrives at my door.

Of course, the popular ones are hard to come by but if you wait enough, you just might be surprised -- and of course, sometimes the unpopular ones are better than expected...

Anyway, this post is a little different from previous posts, but I guess I was a bit excited by my new finds!

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Time is Running out for the Ice Cream Cupcake Roundup

Please join us with your own recipe for the Ice Cream Cupcake Roundup! (Click on the link for more details.) Roundup ends May 31. We already have some great entries, but we are excited to hear from others too!

(Image courtesy of Stef at Cupcake Project, who is co-hosting the Roundup! Beautiful work, Stef!)

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Baskin Robbins Now Has Soft Serve Ice Cream

Baskin Robbins now offers soft serve. Seems like they only have vanilla, but you can mix in to get multiple varieties -- sounds like a McFlurry or a Blizzard to me...

Beantown Bloggery (of which I am now a huge fan for the latest and greatest Boston celebrity sightings and local events and news...) links us to a coupon for a buy one, get one soft serve cone here. Thanks much Beantown Bloggery. But hurry, offer ends May 27th.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

The Ice Cream is Melting! (Time is running out to win an ice cream block party!)

Two months ago Tina blogged about the Edy's/Dreyer's Ice Cream Block Party...Time is running out to enter, so take a moment to enter today! Good luck, but don't take my spot! *wink!*

Carvel's Arctic Summer Sweepstakes

Carvel is holding a summer sweepstakes, and even if you aren't an instant winner, you still get a coupon for $1.00 off an Arctic Blender or Blended Coffee! Looks like you can enter daily to win a computer, flat screen TV or MP3 player (or cash, if you prefer) and the sweepstakes runs until my birthday...oh, that's July 31, in case you didn't know...

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