In my daily life, I tend to drown myself in details and routines and sometimes I feel even stagnant living happy times and sometimes not so happy times. Yet, all along those times and despite it all, part of my mind functions in a reverie state and that is my strength. It is in that …
Rollin’ Gelato and Oleavanti Olive oil
When you put two artisans together what do you get? a beautiful product made with the heart and the hands of two creative minds. For the last couple of months, I have been pondering on how to make the best of a beautiful Olive Oil, an oil grown and extracted in none other but Lebanon …
Creating gelato and sorbet flavors; a special event this week
When you eat gelato or sorbet, you take your time and you don’t need much to be fully satisfied. This is from a consumer’s perspective. From a maker’s perspective, we hand pick our fruits, we puree them, we make the apples into a jam consistency, and we let it come together. Time is important when …
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The Apple Man — working on the Apple gelato
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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5am intermezzo, Da’Lish
It is 5 AM and my mind is thinking how to develop a particular intermezzo for my friend, Chef Charletta Naylen, owner of Da’Lish, Kalamazoo. I often get inspired from things around me, especially when I go to farms to buy our fruits for Rollin’Gelato. On Tuesday, on my way to Skyline Orchards to buy more peaches …
Coffee to the rescue, with affogato
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 …
Making the K College Squasher Gelato Flavor
Today is the day. It is the day that we make the first batch of the new K College gelato flavor that will debut at the Rockin’ the Dock event on Saturday, September 16th. The flavor is named: K College Squasher Gelato The main ingredient of the flavor is butternut squash, with this batch using …
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Getting ready for Kalamazoo College’s Rockin’ the Dock event
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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