As a kid, summer meant playing kick the can, chasing lightening bugs and of course eating ice cream. Fruity flavors were always my favorite whether that was the bright sherbet scooped from the large plastic bucket or the Tweety bird Popsicle with bubble gum eyes purchased from the ice cream man. Since it is summer … More Recipe: Lemonade Ice Cream
The Seattle Ice Cream festival is JUST A WEEK AWAY! So in preparation, we bring you today a quick little episode with an interview with Kurt Timmermeister, owner of Kurtwood Farms and Kurt Farm Shop on Chophouse Row in Seattle. Kurt explains how the Seattle Ice Cream Festival started as a wish to try an array of … More Episode 9: A Tasty Preview/From the Cow to the Cone
They call Seattle the Emerald City, but we’re voting for a name change: The Ice Cream City. That beautiful, drizzly metropolis on the Sound is FULL of fun, quirky, inventive artisan ice cream makers – and they’re all getting together in May to celebrate their delicious, delicious craft. Seriously, you guys, it’s like someone invented … More Episode 8: ICE CREAM FESTIVAL! / Put Booze in It
You know you are in for interesting and delicious flavors of ice cream when the production manager describes himself as the head mess maker. Nathan Purdum of family run Brain Freeze Creamery in Spokane talks to us about his messes that typically lead to delicious scoops of ice cream. Tara & I visited the Kendall Yards location and … More Episode 7: Brain Freeze Creamery/March Madness
Cara and I work together, and we’ve been known on occasion to schedule meetings about 9 miles away from our office. Why? Because that’s where Ferdinand’s is. Ferdinand’s is the storefront of the Washington State University Creamery, makers of Cougar Gold Cheese, and more importantly to our purposes, fabulous, creamy, award-winning ice cream. For this … More Episode 6: Ice Cream Education / We Need More Stars
Hello amazing ice cream loving listeners! You might have noticed there isn’t a podcast up for the month of January and we know you miss us. The start of the year has hit Tara & I very hard and scheduling has gotten tough. We decided for sanity’s sake that we will take brief hiatus this … More A brief note on schedule
Several years ago, a wondrous thing appeared at the Moscow Farmers Market: an ice cream stand. You can imagine I became a regular customer. And it’s been a ton of fun to watch Sticky Fingers Farm’s ice cream find its way over time, developing delicious flavors and establishing itself as a beloved part of our … More Episode 5: Homegrown Ice Cream / May the Fudge Be With You
Earlier this week, Tara and I took a quick break from work to celebrate National Sundae day (oddly enough, not on a Sunday) at Baskin Robbins. After quickly eating my sundae covered in rainbow sprinkles, I realized that sundaes can make any day instantly better. If a simple one scoop sundae can make my day … More Episode 4: Super Sundae / Ice Cream Flavored with Rage
We made it to episode 3 and we have a theme song! This episode features Tara’s trip up to Panhandle Cone and Coffee in Sandpoint, Idaho to interview owner, Jason Dillon and as Tara would say, it was fantaaaastic (I believe this is her new favorite word). I’m still jealous that she had a flight of ice … More Episode 3: A Fantaaaastic Time at Panhandle Cone and Coffee
Episode 2 is finally here! And we promise, it’s a good one — or at least, the ice cream shop we visited was good! We zipped up to Spokane to visit The Scoop, a shop that makes its own small-batch liquid nitrogen ice cream. Listen to the podcast to learn how owner Jen Davis comes up … More Episode 2: The Scoop Spokane and Sparing No Expense
Sundae Drive 