“Spread Love, it’s the Brooklyn Way” on Atlantic Avenue

October 1, 2012By RonArtisanal Foods, Business, Good Bars, New York CIty, The Local Ice Cream, Uncategorized No Comments

Thank you Atlantic Antic. On Sunday morning we assembled and extended our brand new canopy and attached our banner on the street of Atlantic Avenue. We sold ice cream and oat bars. Our exhaustion just to get to this place delayed until much later into the night, our interaction with customers fueled us. Some were … Read More

Sandwich of Ice Cream

September 21, 2012By RonThe Local Ice Cream, Uncategorized No Comments

It was inevitable. Ice cream is a favorite treat that reaches back to my Grandfather Brown hand making it with the hand crank and rock salt. I didn’t realize that cookies were a favorite until I was baking dozens and dozens around the time of Isabel’s birth. Everyone got cookies from us. It was just … Read More

Strawberry Love

March 20, 2012By RonThe Local Ice Cream, Uncategorized No Comments

  The lesson here is… Sometimes you have to go to extremes to find the right starting point. Fruit based ice creams are a bit of a challenge. Over the years I resisted. A few weeks ago I did two batches that were effectively strawberry flavored ice cubes. There was no amount of rescue to … Read More