If there was any doubt that New York is living through an ice cream golden age, it was erased yesterday's
Ice Cream Takedown at Brooklyn's Bell House. Almost 20 intrepid amateur competitors served tastings from two gallons of homemade ice cream to a packed room of devotees. There were no dull offerings here; these creations spoke to the infectious enthusiasm of our city's home cooks to make for themselves versions of the creative, delicious ice creams on offer in groceries, restaurants, scoop shops, and street carts.
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Lactards, stop reading now. Everyone else, start doing a little jig! The Brooklyn Cheese Experiment is on Sunday, September 13, at the Bell House. There are still a handful of competitor slots open—about five to ten in the cheese...
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For $20 at the Bell House tonight, you can see the new beer documentary, Beer Wars, then go to the booziest post-film Q&A ever, which includes a flight of four craft beers from: Dogfish, Brooklyn Brewery, Stone, and Smuttynose, paired...
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