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NEWS ABOUT: ice cream

ice cream stories: 12 news summaries

 Ben & Jerry's Salutes 
 Gay Marriage With 
 'Hubby Hubby' 

Free ice cream celebrates Vermont's new law

Sep 1, 09 10:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - What better way to celebrate gay marriage than free ice cream? Ben & Jerry’s is doing just that in its home state of Vermont, where “Chubby Hubby” will be temporarily renamed “Hubby Hubby” and handed out for free today, the Boston Herald reports. The move has its... More »

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gay marriage • Vermont • Ben and Jerry's • ice cream • Ben & Jerry's

'Big Gay Ice Cream Truck' Roams Streets of NYC

Truck fights homophobia with weird toppings

Aug 26, 09 2:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - This summer, there’s a new kind of ice cream truck on the streets of New York: the big, gay kind. Doug Quint, owner of the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck, tells Gelf Magazine about his weirdest topping (wasabi pea dust), the definition of a choinkwich (“a freshly-made chocolate... More »

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food • New York City • trucks • soft serve ice cream • ice cream • Twitter • gay

 Coming Soon: Viagra Ice Cream 

Libido-boosting ice cream cocktail hits London

Aug 11, 09 9:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Viagra of ice cream is hitting a London department store, and as long as you’re over 18, you can try a cool scoop of the hot stuff yourself: The Sex Pistol packs in libido-boosting ingredients like arginine and guarana and comes with a shot of absinthe on the... More »

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London • sex • Viagra • sex drive • ice cream • libido

Greenies Freeze Out Ben
& Jerry's for Water Waste

Green-friendly company admits water-wasting practice is 'not acceptable'

Jul 25, 09 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ben & Jerry’s locations around the world are wasting nearly 300,000 gallons of water per day, a News of the World investigation finds. The whimsical ice cream maker, famous for its green ethics and environmental activism, requires employees to wash scoops in sinks under constantly running water to... More »

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environment • conservation • water • United Kingdom • ice cream • Ben & Jerry's

Nun-Priest Snog Gets Ice Cream Ad Banned

Image of 'forbidden Italian temptation' sparks UK furor

Jul 1, 09 3:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - An ice-cream ad showing a priest and a nun apparently about to lock lips has been banned in the UK after readers complained, the Daily Telegraph reports. People told an advertising-standards group that the magazine image, promoting Antonio Federici gelato, demeaned those who pursued a “religious vocation.” The... More »

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advertising • Britain • advertisements • ice cream • gelato • Antonio Federici

 Feds Order 
 Massive Recall 
 of All Peanut 
 Plant Foods 

Record recall aimed at stemming deadly salmonella outbreak

Jan 29, 09 2:53 AM CST
(Newser) - The FDA has ordered a massive recall of every single product from ice cream to snack crackers and dog biscuits made over the last two years with peanuts processed at the Peanut Corporation of America plant in Georgia. The recall, aimed at stemming a deadly outbreak of salmonella, is one... More »

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FDA • salmonella • product recall • ice cream • peanut butter • Peanut Corporation of America • snack crackers • dog biscuits

OPINION

 Big '09 Trends: Ice Cream, Cuba 

Goats, yogurt, and ecologically friendly travel also expected to surge

Dec 21, 08 8:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Closing the wallet and opening the palate are set to be big in 2009, says Gourmet, which has served up its predictions of next year's hottest food and travel trends:
  • With the economic slump, home cooking is hot, hot, hot. Learn to cook a casserole and take mom’s
... More »

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China • Chicago • Cuba • chef • train • hotel • Iceland • goats • ice cream • gourmet

Aussie Feces Fracas Drags Bacon's Name Down Under

Squabble falls within
6 degrees of culprit

Oct 28, 08 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - No, actor Kevin Bacon did not poop in anyone’s ice cream, reports Australia's Age. That we know of. But Stephen and Jessica Whyte insist someone put human feces in the gelato they were served at a Sydney hotel. Newspapers noticed that the Whytes have ties to a... More »

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Australia • Sydney • Kevin Bacon • ice cream • poop

 Anti-Bubba:
 Is Obama's Bod
 Un-American?

Maybe the typical American will have trouble identifying with a 'beanpole'

Aug 1, 08 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - No matter how long the 2008 campaign drags on, we'll never see Barack Obama as we did Bill Clinton in 1992: drenched in sweat and jogging into a McDonald's. Obama's fit—skinny, even—and a bit of a gym rat. The Wall Street Journal takes a look at the notion... More »

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obesity • Barack Obama • John McCain • health • McDonald's • Bill Clinton • junk food • Dunkin' Donuts • ice cream • sweet tooth

GLOSSIES

As Legal Battle Melts Carvel Fortune, Heir Cries Murder

Foul play is latest accusation in 18-year fight over ice-cream king's $67M estate

Jul 20, 08 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - The 18-year battle over Tom Carvel’s estate is as bitter as his franchise’s soft-serve and ice-cream cakes are sweet, with his niece Pamela—the only surviving family heir—now pushing authorities to investigate claims Carvel was murdered by insiders bent on staking claim to a $67 million fortune.... More »

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murder • autopsy • lawsuit • ice cream • Carvel


 Ice Cream Guru
 Robbins Dead 

'31 Flavors' co-founder leaves behind countless fans

May 6, 08 11:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Irvine Robbins, the co-founder of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream empire, has died at 90, the LA Times reports. Robbins grew up scooping ice cream at his family’s Tacoma, Wash., shop and opened his own store in California in 1945. As his chain expanded, he loved inventing and naming new... More »

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obituary • ice cream • Baskin-Robbins • Irvine Robbins

Bee Die-Off Threatens Dinner, Dessert

Colony collapse means trouble for fruits, nuts—and ice cream

Feb 18, 08 9:02 PM CST
(Newser) - The ongoing mystery of the diminishing honeybee population is threatening an important part of the American diet: ice cream. Bee colonies have been disappearing at a rapid rate, potentially causing problems with supplies of vegetables as well as fruit and nuts, which Haagen Dazs says may keep it from offering... More »

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honeybees • insects • bee colony collapse disorder • Haagen-Dazs • ice cream

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