Some people might find this counter-intuitive, but we are now going into our off-season for Rollin’ Gelato in the Austin market. We will be back at the farmers’ markets in the fall, but can do special catering events during the summer time if needed in Austin. From mid-May to mid-September we will be operating in …
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This past weekend was our first days in the Austin market selling the RG gelatos and sorbets. We took our time coming to the market. After getting the necessary health permits from the Austin / Travis County health departments, we are now testing the market to see if our flavors are enjoyable by Austin patrons. …
Apples are in season, and now I am working on a batch of apple gelato this week. I picked up apples at the Vicksburg Farmers’ Market this past Friday, from none other than “The Apple Man”, Roy Ballet from Lawrence, Michigan. We will be providing a sample to the Western Michigan University (WMU) chef this …
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This Wednesday at WMU farmers’ market we are going to try something new….with Coffee Rescue — a coffee food truck operated by Jamie Brock. At the WMU farmers’ market, we are side by side in booths with Coffee Rescue. We won’t have our respective trucks at the market, however, will be in booths serving coffee …
The first WMU farmers’ market at Western Michigan University for the fall 2017 season took place yesterday (Wednesday, Sept 13th). We sold out of all of our flavors — emptied out the mobile freezer, the freezer we take to the market via the RG VW Bug. This was a lot of fun — thank …
This past week we were at three local Kalamazoo farms picking ingredients for the coming Kalamazoo College event, Rockin’ the Dock (September 16th). These ingredients are for the three flavors we will be offering at the event: K College Butternut Squash gelato Lemon-blueberry gelato Peach sorbet For the K College Butternut Squash gelato, we spent time …
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Yesterday was our 50th market day at the farmers’ markets in the Kalamazoo area for this year’s season. Our season started on June 17th this year in the Kalamazoo area at the farmers’ market, where we opened up at the Texas Township Farmers’ Market. And yesterday, our 50th market day, we were at the Battle …
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Yesterday Widad bought the honey for the new flavor we are developing for the coming week’s Michigan Tech Send Off event in Grand Rapids. Widad found the honey from a local farmer at the Kalamazoo Farmers’ Market.
Yesterday, at the Vicksburg Farmers’ Market we tested out the composting can — the white can. Patrons came back to our booth after finishing their 4-ounce cup of gelato and deposited their cup, lid, and spoons in the white can — We filled the can 1/3 up. Then we tried it at the Kalamazoo Farmers’ …
This past Saturday we had someone purchase a 4-oz cup of gelato at the Kalamazoo Farmers’ Market. It was late in the day, and we only had chocolate gelato left in the freezer. She bought a chocolate cup, and walked away eating the bold flavor of chocolate in one of our little cups (as pictured …
