Latest Seattle Food Trend: Ice Cream?
Local food trends are fun to follow. Seattleites enjoy a May Copper River Salmon season and a lovely July cherry season. But, given our weather, this year's trendy food choice leaves me a bit baffled--ice cream?
All over the local news lately, we've heard nothing but our nasty, below-normal temperatures. In fact, The Seattle Times' headline this morning reads: Seattle weather: Colder than Siberia! (Trust me; it's been pretty ugly around here.) In spite of it, Seattle foodies seem to be gobbling up ice cream. And, what they're dishing out are not your average 31 Flavors.
For example, check out the flavors on the menu at Poco Carretto--a new gelato cart managed by the super-talented Holly Smith of Cafe Juanita: pinenut brittle with Marsala currants and rhubarb vanilla bean swirl. Or, Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream's exotic: balsamic strawberry
Based on the number of new ice cream shops opening around The Emerald City, it seems like ice cream is more than just a seasonal trend. Despite our cloudy skies!
--Sous-Chef on the Run
P.S. What's the latest food trend in your area?
Israel on June 11, 2008 at 09:48 AM
I have always been a fan of ice cream and can't wait to visit Seattle to try this out.
Emily on June 11, 2008 at 09:56 AM
How about a salmon ice cream sundae? We're having a salmon recipe contest and our latest submission was for salmon a la mode ... with a savory ginger lemon grass ice cream. Check out our contest and all the delicious recipes that have been submitted so far: http://marxfoods.com. The creator of the best recipe will win 15 lbs. of wild salmon! And yeah, I don't really get the ice cream trend. It's so cold here in Seattle that I've been craving fatty comfort/winter food.