Posts Tagged ‘ice cream’
Smithsonian Snapshot: Good Humor Truck
This week’s Smithsonian Snapshot helps us to herald in the start of summer. Good Humor, the well-known “ice cream on a stick,” was created by candy-maker Harry Burt in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1920.
His first candy invention was the Jolly Boy Sucker, a lollipop on a stick. While working in his ice cream parlor, Burt created [...]
Georgetown? More Like IceCreamtown.
‘Thirty #115′
courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’
With today’s opening of Georgetown Scoops, the NW neighborhood officially became IceCreamtown with 8 ice cream/froyo shops located all within a .5 mile radius of each other. The question now becomes when can you have too much ice cream? My answer today would be absolutely never.
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31 Flavors for Just 31 Cents!
‘Baskin Robbins’
courtesy of ‘Dahi(‘-’*)’
We all remember growing up on 31 flavors…Baskin-Robbins that is, so why not stop in to one of their locations for some good ice cream and an even better cause? Tonight from 5-10pm participating stores will celebrate 31 Cent Scoop Night to honor our country’s firefighters. Not only will you be able [...]
Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Happy Hour
‘mmm…free goo…’
courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
If you missed last week’s Free Cone Day don’t fret, because the Ben & Jerry’s in Georgetown is throwing ice cream happy hours from 4-7pm. The happy hour special is 3 scoops for a mere $3. That’s an uber steal considering scoops normally go for $2-3 a pop. With the fantastic sunny [...]
Free Food Alert: Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day is Today!
‘a free scoop can gather a crowd’
courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
You know that spring has arrived when Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day is here! Today from noon to 8 PM, stop by a participating Ben & Jerry’s scoop shop to get a free ice cream cone in your favorite flavor. All four of DC’s Ben & [...]
Serendipity coming to Georgetown
‘Fried Oreo Sundae at Serendipity 3 at Ceasars Palace’
courtesy of ‘joanna8555′
Serendipity 3, that most New York of institutions, is opening a location in DC. K Street Kate reports that the popular restaurant chain will be taking up in Nathan’s old location on Wisconsin and M in Georgetown. Prime real estate, to say the least. If [...]
Sweetgreen Expands: Fourth Location to Open in Logan Circle
‘Tim and the Sweetflow Mobile!’
courtesy of ‘Carly & Art’
Last week, sweetgreen announced that construction had begun on their fourth location in the city. With bustling Bethesda, Georgetown and Dupont stores, in addition to a successful sweetflow mobile truck, the new 15th and P Street endeavor is off to a running start.
The former Georgetown students who [...]
Frozen Treats: DC’s Best Creameries
‘Saturday Road trip’
courtesy of ‘gregoirevdb’
They tell me the first step is admitting you have a problem. So here it goes: I am shamelessly, hopelessly, horribly in love with ice cream. Now, I say ice cream, but in actuality, ice cream is a pretty generic term for what I really mean – frozen treats. I don’t [...]
Ice Cream > Taxes
‘Maggie Moo’s’
courtesy of ‘Marusula
I’m not sure I’ve properly shared my obsession with ice cream on this blog. I adore ice cream. I worship at the house of Moorenko’s, specifically the salted praline. Boccato Gelato on Clarendon is a close second. In fact, I’m even a fan of ice cream on facebook. So free ice cream [...]
We Love Food: Summer’s Last Stand
I love this time of year. The chilly evenings go really well with the beautiful warm days. The leaves are about to turn colors. And, just about any week now we are going to get another famous DC Indian Summer.
When Indian Summer hits all I can think about are all the summer things I want [...]
Ice Cream (Anti) Social
courtesy of Ben
So Tom points me to an announcement on Cold Stone Creamery’s website, regarding their promotion of two new flavors and their partnership with the Make-A-Wish Foundation during the month of September. And apparently, tonight is also the 7th Annual World’s Largest Ice Cream Social at all CSC locations from 5-8 p.m, where they’re [...]
Durian Ice Cream Recipe to Beat the Heat
Durian by US Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center
Okay, so it’s not quite a scorcher today but you should make this recipe now in preparation for the big heat wave that is surely on the tail of this cold front. My friend Grace of Fearless Cooking TV asked me for the recipe after hearing that I [...]
