All posts tagged "ice cream"

  • bondvodka

    We're not condoning any illegal behavior, but it's hard not to question whether Bong Vodka is with this bottle design. Once the vodka is gone these cleverly designed bottles can be used for a completely different purpose...

  • funkychipflavors

    Cucumber flavored potato chips?! How about crab flavor? Shrimp and garlic? These and other odd potato chip flavors can be found all over the world. We dare you to try "hot chili squid" potato chips next time you're in Thailand.

  • colored lobsters

    Purple lobsters? Maine lobstermen have recently been finding an unusual amount of these crazy-colored crustaceans. The reasoning behind the increase in oddly colored lobsters remains unknown to scientists. The important question is, can they still make a good lobster roll?

  • bikechurning

    Now you can help reduce carbon footprints by eating ice cream! This fixed-gear bike is hooked up to an old-fashioned ice cream churner. Bike-churned ice cream seems to be the new trend these days. This bike was featured at Smorgasburg's "Kitchen Island" event and won the hearts of the hipster ice cream lovers of Brooklyn

  • cheesus

    Oh my Cheesus! Brooklyn couple, Rob Corso and Meg Sheehan, created this grilled cheese press that imprints the image of Jesus on the bead slice. They call it, the Grilled Cheesus and are currently fundraising through Kickstarter to get funding for its production.

  • lightsaber-cw

    Moms everywhere will be breaking up sword fights at the dinner table during sushi night once kids get their hands on these light-up lightsaber chopsticks.

WTF [Weird Things Food-Related]

By Mikaela Flynn on August 2, 2012 / No Comments / Categorized Featured, Food Trends, Photos

Another week, another collection of bizarre foodie exploits.  Browse through the above gallery and you may end up asking yourself, “WTF?!”

  • UberTruck

    Prefer an ice cream truck to a luxury town car? Uber has got you covered

Uber Test Drives On-Demand Ice Cream Trucks Tomorrow

By Mikaela Flynn on July 12, 2012 / 1 Comment / Categorized Featured, Good Reads

It’s a hot day and you and your friends are sweating it out, wishing that at any moment you hear the enticing chimes of an ice cream truck on its way to save you with its chilly treats.

Tomorrow (when the forecast predicts temperatures near 90 degrees), wishing will not be necessary.  Uber has got you covered.  The San Francisco start-up private car service will be adding ice cream trucks to their on-demand app as part of a one-day experiment.  In New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Boston, Washington D.C. and Toronto, people will be able to use their Uber app to request an ice cream truck to roll up to their selected location.  In each city those who summon a truck will be able to purchase ice cream in bundles with each city offering different selections.  In New York, for example, $12 will include a bundle of five gourmet ice creams from Coolhaus and Van Leeuwen.

No more screaming for ice cream.  Now there’s an app for that.

Below you’ll find Uber’s YouTube video for promoting tomorrow’s special offer, highlighted by a cameo with Underground Eats’ friend (and apparent professional actor), Ed Casabian of Uber.

  • Mike Lee explaining his never-fail ratio for perfect ice cream

    Mike Lee explaining his never-fail ratio for perfect ice cream

  • Liquid nitrogen-frozen popcorn ice cream (it even looks like popcorn)

    Liquid nitrogen-frozen popcorn ice cream (it even looks like popcorn)

  • Mike freezing berries in liquid nitrogen

    Mike freezing berries in liquid nitrogen

  • Strawberries frozen in liquid nitrogen get the paparazzi treatment

    Strawberries frozen in liquid nitrogen get the paparazzi treatment

  • Perfect chocolate ice cream

    Perfect chocolate ice cream

  • Mike Lee crushing liquid nitrogen-frozen berries (makes a great garnish for desserts)

    Mike Lee crushing liquid nitrogen-frozen berries (makes a great garnish for desserts)

  • a razor, a shiny knife

    a razor, a shiny knife's Michael Cirino explains fun things to do with liquid nitrogen, like frozen parmesan for pizzas

Cool As Ice (Cream, Made With Liquid Nitrogen)

By Julia Blanter on July 3, 2012 / No Comments / Categorized Experiments in Food, Featured, Photos, Underground Eats, Unique Events

Chocolate, vanilla…and popcorn ice cream? Guinness ice cream? Instant ice cream? Say wha…?

On Friday night Underground Eats went cooking with chemistry at an exclusive masterclass on liquid nitrogen and ice cream for our members with Studiofeast‘s Mike Lee and a razor, a shiny knife‘s Michael Cirino, the original food experimentalists.

Just in time for the sweltering heat, the first half of the class focused on Lee’s never-fail ratio for perfect ice cream (almost as easy as buying stabilizer/emulsifier/chemical-heavy mass market ice cream), before Cirino whipped out the liquid nitrogen tank and blew everyone away turning custard into instant ice cream.

The mad scientists explained liquid nitrogen’s many crazy uses: freezing parmesan custard to grate over pizza, or freezing berries and smashing them to sprinkle over yogurt, cereal or dessert, melting on the tongue like snow. We were super impressed with the buttery popcorn milk infusion turned into popcorn ice cream, a ridiculously addictive sweet-salty icy treat.

The class was an instant sell-out so Mike is coming back for more on Sunday, July 15th at 3-5pm at Ger-Nis Culinary and Herb Center, Brooklyn. Tickets here.