Gourmet Food - THE NIBBLE - July 2006

Ready for some nice, cold ice cream sandwiches? You can buy them (check out Ottimo from Ciao Bella) or make them with these molds from WilliamSonoma.com. The set of 3 clever shapes make the ice cream taste even better. Press your favorite ice cream into cookies or brownies and have a stellar (or bovine or porcine) dessert.

Food tip of the day

Egg Creams

If you’re from New York, you know what an egg cream is—a refreshing, fizzy chocolate drink with no eggs or cream (it uses milk). So why is it called an egg cream? The truth is lost to history, but one version says it’s because egg whites were used at the beginning to make it extra-foamy; other food historians say it’s the American pronunciation of “chocolat et crème.” Even though you may not have an authentic seltzer bottle to give it a good “spritz,” you can mix one up yourself. In a tall glass, combine:

2 tablespoons bittersweet chocolate syrup or chocolate sauce (quality counts!)
1/3 cup whole milk, ice cold
1 cup seltzer or club soda

Blend chocolate and milk thoroughly. Add seltzer while stirring continuously with a whisk or tall spoon until you have a foamy head. Serve immediately with a straw. We love bottled Jeff’s Egg Creams—in regular and diet versions.

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July is National Ice Cream Month, and we’re introducing you to some of America’s artisanal ice cream producers. Even if you can’t get to them in person, you can have the ice cream overnighted in dry ice. Consider it your patriotic duty to try new and interesting flavors—not just the old reliables.

To offset the ice cream, we have lots of no-calorie liquid refreshment— some of our favorite bottled iced teas and some delicious waters. And, as always, many other specialty food favorites. There’s also an vastly expanded Food Film Festival list. If you’re renting films this summer, check out our film finds and create your own series of festivals with matching food.You can even enter them in a contest and win prizes!

We also attended the industry’s NASFT Summer Fancy Food Show this month, and selected hundreds of new products to share with you. You can see highlights of our Top Picks. In addition to this monthly online magazine, we e-mail our Top Food Pick Of The Week newsletter to opt-in subscribers. If you don’t already receive it, click here to have it delivered directly to your e-mailbox. Of the thousands of specialty foods we taste each year, these 52 weekly recommendations are our favorites for both home use and gift-giving. You won’t want to miss them!

THE NIBBLE™ does not sell the foods we review
or receive fees from manufacturers for recommending them.
Our recommendations are based purely on our opinion, after tasting thousands of products each year, that they represent the best in their respective categories.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Magazine Section

JULY 2006
This Month’s Nibbles

WEEKLY NIBBLES

Newsletter

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Gourmet News

Click here to read the weekly Gourmet News—industry news and perspectives

PRODUCT REVIEWS: NEW DISCOVERIES

Product Reviews

Main Nibbles™

	We link more articles every week, so come back often to see what’s new!
	National Ice Cream Month America’s Artisanal Ice Creams
	Ice Cream Favorites: A Round-Up Of Previous NIBBLE Favorites Dr. Bob’s Handcrafted Ice Cream LaLoo’s Goat Milk Ice Cream Mashti Malone’s Exotic Ice Creams & Sorbets Palapa Azul Mexican Ice Creams Reed’s Ginger Ice Creams Spotted Dog Creamery
	Drink Up Irresistible Iced Teas Metromint Waters Water Of The Month: Vichy Catalan
	Special Sweets Chocolate-Covered Popcorns Lillie Belle Farms Chocolates Sugardaddy’s Sumptuous Sweeties
	Wild Things Kona Kampachi Yellowtail Wild Kitty Cat Food
	Picks Of The Week Ciao Bella Gelato Ottimo Ice Cream Sandwiches Damn Good Cookies Frog Hollow Farm Organic Conserves & Chutney Point Reyes Original Blue Cheese Summer Fancy Food Show Top Picks

Find almost 1000 articles and reviews in prior months’ issues and newsletter archives (top picks of the week).

Product Reviews

Diet Nibbles

	Kona Kampachi Yellowtail
	Metromint Waters

Product Reviews
& Articles

Kosher Nibbles

	Chocolate-Covered Popcorns
	Irresistible Iced Teas

Product Reviews

NutriNibbles

	Frog Hollow Farm Organic Conserves & Chutney
	Kona Kampachi Yellowtail
	Lillie Belle Farms Chocolates

ARTICLES & COLUMNS

Features/Reference in the Product Reviews Section

	Continuing Education Dessert Sauces & Toppings Glossary Spread Sheet: A Glossary of Jelly & Related Terms The History of Ice Cream The History of Popcorn The Origin of Water
	Say Cheese Whey To Go: Skyr, An Ancient Cheese 2006 World Cheese Awards
	Cooking & Entertaining Book Of The Month: The Emperor Of Wine Cocktail Of The Month: Watermelon Martini Recipe Of The Month: Stars & Stripes Toll House Cookies
	Organic Matter This Month: The Organic Chocolate Controversy

Marketplace

Gift Finder
Foods For Sports-Lovers

Food Fun

	Food Film Festival: Part II
	Food Film Festival Contest
	July Food Holidays

PRODUCT REVIEWS: HOME ZONE

Appliance Review

Appliances & Tabletop

Reprodepot: Fabrics with Food Patterns

Appliance Review

Good Scents
Food-Related Apparel
& Accessories

Fruits & Passion: Food-Scented Room Fragrances

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