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Featured Article - June 2010

Ice cream
Get the Scoop: With local, organic ingredients, your homemade ice cream will be more delicious and better for you. We show you how to churn out these sweet treats.

SOUTHWEST FLAVOR
Frozen Assets

Churn out delectable, homemade ice cream with local ingredients

Story by Wendy Sue Gist, photography by Douglas Merriam

It may be sweltering, but you can beat the heat with ice cream. You may be tempted to run to the nearest grocery, but many store-bought ice creams contain additives, preservatives, and a lot of sugar. Making ice cream at home with natural ingredients like hormone-free goat’s and cow’s milk, locally sourced lavender, or rich Southwest chile an