Savoring Ice Cream and Sorbet Making at Home
A personal note on using an old ice cream maker to craft vanilla ice cream and a berry sorbet. Recipes emphasize simple, additive free ingredients and clear measurements for a tart blackberry sorbet with steps from boiling syrup to freezing for serving.
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Sand Road
Lone Tree
Mary Goodbody
RIPE author Arthur Allen to speak at Prairie Lights
IOWA CITY Arthur Allen author of RIPE The Search for the Perfect Tomato will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Prairie Lights Books 15 S. Dubuque St. The book follows tomato origins farmers and fans worldwide and includes tales of wild tomato genes South American prospecting enslaved Mexican Indians in Florida fields and Italian tomato producers' struggles.
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Iowa City
Arthur Allen
Prairie Lights Books
S. Dubuque St
Allen
South America
Florida
Pick Yourself a Pickle Weekend in Walker
Walker Pickle Days runs 7:30 p.m. Thursday to Saturday featuring Sparkles the Clown at Movie in the Park and a cucumber and pickle decoration contest. Entries due by 6 p.m. Friday at the Walker American Legion Hall. a Farm Bureau cookout contest judges at 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Contact Tony McKinley for forms and rules.
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Sparkles the Clown
Walker American Legion Hall
Linn County Farm Bureau
Tony McKinley
Walkeriowa.com
Ox Yoke Inn seeks dessert for 70th anniversary
Ox Yoke Inn of Amana invites dessert recipes for its 70th anniversary celebration. Judging occurs at 11 a.m. August 14 at the Elwell Family Food Center, Iowa State Fair. Entries must be at the center by 10:45 a.m. August 14. Contact Arlette Hollister with questions and visit the Iowa State Fair site for rules and entry details.
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AMANA
Ox Yoke Inn
Elwell Family Food Center
Arlette Hollister
Iowastatefair. Com
S'mores Variations Highlight Campfire Treat Popularity
Susan M. Selasky notes s'mores originated in a 1927 Girl Scout publication and are celebrated on National S'mores Day August 10. The piece explains simple assembly, gooey chocolate, and endless flavor twists with fruit jams nuts or chili infused chocolate.
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Detroit Tree Press
Myranda Ryder
Grosselle, Mich
Caramello S'mores Recipe Baoasted Marshmallow Treat
The recipe yields eight gooey Caramello s'mores using eight graham cracker halves, sixteen marshmallows, and eight Caramello bars. Toast marshmallows over coals or grill, sandwich with four Caramello squares and a cracker, melting slightly. Per serving: 116 calories, 3 g fat, 22 g carbs, 1 g protein, 57 mg sodium.
Baked S'Mores Squares Recipe Notes and Yields
A simple baked dessert combines graham cracker crumbs butter and sugar as a crust then marshmallows and chocolate baked until melty. Cut into squares and serve. yields 35 to 40 pieces with nutritional details per serving.
Antioxidant Dark Chocolate S'Mores
A quick snack recipe notes dark chocolate offers flavonoids that may benefit heart health. Toasted marshmallow and graham crackers with chocolate form a simple s mores. variations include jam mint chocolate and alternative crackers. Nutritional values per serving listed.
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