May 25, 2005

Ice cream makers

by IsaChandra

Who has an ice cream maker and would you recommend it? I suppose I can just steal my sister's but it makes things to icy for my tastes. I don't remember what kind it is. Speaking of which…

I dined at Counter the other night and for the first time I was really disappointed with their food. They have a good brunch (although on the pricy side) and they have a good BBQ tofu sammich but I think the goodness might end there. I decided to splurge on an $18 entree: Grilled Polenta with asparagus and sorrel mushrooms in sorrel cream sauce. The polenta tasted like frozen french toast, I can't think of any other way to describe it. Oh, but the reason I'm saying this is that I also had strawberry shortcake and the little scoop of ice cream it came with tasted like shaved ice. So if you go there, stick to the sammich (NOT the seitan burger, which is decent but you can get a better one at Kate's Joint for a fraction of the cost). And the chocolate hazelnut parfait is good, too.



  • December 5, 2010 at 8:59 pm: Heather

    Wow, this post is a billion years old! But I have an ice cream maker that I truly love. Did some research before I got it and figured out that the best maker is actually an attachment to the Kitchenaid mixer. If you have that tabletop mixer, grab the ice cream maker attachment. It’s never let me down. If you don’t have the mixer…. find a reason to make a gift registry at Target or something.