Homemade ice cream. Yum. The food of dreams, the base of sundaes, the delight of old and young. And a hassle. Especially when using a manual, hand-cranked machine. But the labor makes more than the ...

July is Ice Cream month, established by President Ronald Reagan in 1984. National Hot Fudge Sundae Day is July 25. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, vanilla is the favorite ice cream ...

As I write this column, the first day of summer is on the horizon. It won’t be long before July 4 gatherings celebrate our nation’s independence. Back in the day, home churned, hand cranked ice cream ...

But when the ice cream was ready, the paddle was removed and the canister packed in ice for a final freeze, and the kids got to lick the paddle. Purists insist that hand-cranked ice cream was the best ...

When Old Man Winter finally showed his might with the cold temperatures, snow and ice a few weeks back, my thoughts turned to homemade ice cream - a tradition in my family that made winter complete.

I caught myself pondering a question one day last week. It was one of those preposterously hot days when venturing outside was limited to essential tasks only. The question I was wondering was this: ...

So, as a kid you may have made your own custom ice cream. Remember hand-cranking away and all that salt? Well, now is your chance to relive those memories with your kids, or make new ones with your ...