Word: gelato
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Devotees explain that Cold Stone isn't just any ice cream shop. Customers at the recent opening of a Times Square store in New York City walked in to find ice cream displayed in a gelato-style showcase imported from Italy. After waiting in a line that stretched out the door, Stephanie Crittenden, 24, ordered cream-flavored ice cream, then added brownies and fudge. The custom concoction was mixed together in front of her by employees wielding metal spades on a polished granite surface refrigerated from underneath--the "cold stone." Employees periodically broke into song, especially when they received...
French food emporium Fauchon also relies on herbal and floral notes for its Rose Petal, Toulouse Violet, Raspberry Chili Pepper and Mandarin Orange-Ginger ice creams. At New York City's Il Laboratorio del Gelato, Jon F. Snyder, who grew up working in his grandmother's Carvel franchise, makes 75 rotating varieties of intensely flavored ice creams and sorbets with selections like Lavender, Rice, Green Grape and a Black Plum that tastes fruitier than the actual fruit. --By Lisa McLaughlin
Favorite ice-cream flavor: A gelato, for sure, probably one from nuts...
Daniel Ackler tasted paradise for the first time on a trip to Italy. Now, he's brought a little bite of heaven to Hong Kong, his home for 13 years. The Canadian-born trader studied the art of making authentic gelato under an Italian master before opening his first gelateria, XTC On Ice, a year ago in Hong Kong's trendy SoHo district. Since then, Ackler's gelati have gained a reputation as the best Italian ices in Asia. His mandarin-hued outlet on Cochrane Street, tel: (852) 2541 0500, is thronged even on chilly afternoons with bankers on break...