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• in the spotlight... Ice Cream
  
• new to the kitchen... Canning
  
• in the spotlight... Summer Entertaining
  
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Ice Cream

Nothing tastes better on a hot summer day than a cool treat like ice cream or sorbet. Although there are plenty of store-bought options available - and it's always a treat to visit the local ice cream parlour - homemade ice creams and sorbets allow you to combine your favourite flavours or use garden-fresh fruit. A variety of ice cream makers are available which allow you to prepare homemade ice cream in as little as 30 minutes. After preparation, place the ice cream in the freezer to harden it further, or pull out a spoon and start eating!

All ice cream makers operate on the same basic principle: stirring the ice cream mixture while it freezes to aerate the mixture and keep it smooth. Where they differ is in how the stirring and freezing are accomplished. The earliest ice cream makers used ice and rock salt to cool the ice cream mixture, and manual effort to continually stir the mixture as it cooled. Most ice cream makers today use a coolant-filled canister which is frozen overnight; some ice cream makers have a built-in compressor unit (just like your refrigerator or freezer) to freeze the ice cream mixture. A dasher (a vertical paddle placed in the centre of the canister, operated either manually or eletrically-powered) stirs the ice cream mixture base as it cools.

Cuisinart's Frozen Yogurt-Ice Cream & Sorbet Maker is available with either a 1½ quart or 2 quart capacity freezer canister. After pre-freezing the canister, the canister is placed inside the base of the unit, the dasher and ice cream mixture are inserted, and a transparent lid is placed on top. A motor turns the dasher continuously to prepare the ice cream. Nuts and fruit can be added during the freezing process through the ingredient spout. The 1½ quart model is available with either a white or red base (shown at right); the 2 quart model (shown at left) has a brushed stainless steel finish. Additional freezer bowls are available for the 1½ quart models, allowing you to prepare multiple batches of ice cream in quick succession.

If you already own a KitchenAid stand mixer, you can make use of the stand mixer's motor to operate the dasher while preparing ice cream with KitchenAid's Ice Cream Freezer attachment. After pre-freezing the 2 quart capacity freezer canister, the canister is placed on the stand mixer (it can be used with either tilt-head or bowl-lift models) and the mixer is turned on, using the mixer's own paddle to continuously aerate the ice cream mixture.

The Cuisinart Supreme Ice Cream Maker has a built-in compressor which eliminates the need to pre-freeze a freezer canister, allowing you to prepare ice cream whenever you want. Fill the 1½ quart removable bowl with your ice cream mixture, insert the dasher, and cover with the transparent lid. Set the timer and the motor turns the dasher continuously while freezing the mixture. Nuts and fruit can be added during the freezing process through the ingredient spout.

New this year is Cuisinart's Soft Serve Ice Cream Maker. Instead of waiting for the ice cream truck, prepare your own ice cream with this unique ice cream maker that dispenses soft serve ice cream directly into a bowl or cone. Three compartments store different mix-ins, such as nuts, sprinkles, or crushed cookies, which can be mixed into the ice cream as cones or bowls are being filled. Both flat and pointed cones fit in the cone holder at the front of the machine. The ice cream maker prepares 1½ quarts of fresh frozen desserts in 20 - 30 minutes and it is fully automatic and easy to use, so all you have to do is add the ingredients and turn the dial.

Ice Cream Scoops and Spades

scoop $12.50 each info	non-stick scoop $16.25 each info	trigger $16.25 each info	push-button $15.25 each info
Baskin Robbins $15.50 each info	gel grip $15.00 each info	colours $13.00 each info	stainless steel $11.00 each info

anti-freeze scoop $7.25 each info	anti-freeze spade $8.00 each info	non-stick spade $16.25 each info

Ice Cream Dishes

cone dishes $20.00/set of 4 info	bowls $18.00/set of 4 info	sundae dish $6.00 each info	parfait dish $6.00 each info
plastic sundae dishes $19.00/set of 4 info	plastic waffle cones $8.25/set of 2 info	acrylic container $12.75 each info	topping canisters $13.50/set info

Ice Cream Flavourings

Turn plain vanilla recipes into tasty treats with LorAnn's Flavor Fountain sugar-free flavourings for ice cream, shakes, and smoothies. For ice cream, prepare your favourite vanilla ice cream recipe and add 1 tablespoon flavouring per quart just before freezing. For shakes and smoothies, add 1 teaspoon per pint (16 ounce) serving. Also excellent blended into diet drinks, meal replacements and nutritional supplements (e.g., Ensure), and yogurt. Each 50 millilitre/1.7 ounce bottle contains enough to flavour and colour 3 quarts of ice cream or 10 shakes. Available in 12 delicious flavours:

• • banana coconut
• • black raspberry
• • bubble gum
• • butter pecan
• • caramel delight
• • chocolate fudge
• • cinnamon spice
• • mango
• • mint chocolate
• • mocha
• • orange cream
• • strawberry

Home Canning Products

In association with Bernardin, Ltd. and just in time for the summer fruit and vegetable harvests, Golda's Kitchen now stocks the complete line of Bernardin home canning products, including every size and style of mason jar (plain and decorated) and 1- and 2-piece mason jar lids (to fit standard, wide mouth, and GEM mouth mason jars). Also available are all of the necessary canning tools, ingredients (such as pectin, starch, and citric acid), and Bernardin's helpful home preserving and recipe guides.

Summer Entertaining

Zak Designs incorporates emerging fashion, colour, and design trends from the around the world into modern and innovative tabletop collections. From the fresh colours of Melissa Easton's Park line, to the crisp, clean forms of Rhodes, Zak Designs brings spirited dinnerware to the table. Made from 100% melamine, these lines all carry the heavyweight, substantial feel of dinnerware designed for the dining room and ideal for everyday use indoors or out.

The fun Park line of plates, bowls, and tumblers is perfect for backyard barbecues or chidren's birthday parties. The plates have a raised lip, which helps keep even mounds of food safely on the plate ... especially useful when eating from one's lap! Each piece has a white interior with one of six bright exterior colours, so you can colour coordinate place settings or mix and match.

The modern Rhodes dinnerware has simple, classical shapes and is perfect for casual, everyday dining, as well as for use on the patio or by the pool. The two sizes of plates and matching bowl are each available in four colours: white, turquoise, grass green, or persimmon orange. Colour-coordinating double injection cone tumblers in 3 sizes have an inner cone of colour combined with a clear outer cone.

For cocktail parties or outdoor entertaining, Zak Designs' Triangle goblets have the clarity and weight of glass, but they're made of virtually unbreakable polycarbonate, so there's no worry about knocking them over onto hard surfaces or hearing them crack when ice cubes are dropped into them. The 15 ounce goblet is available in clear, grass green, or turquoise.

Appetizers

Easily entertain family and friends with a selection of delicious antipastos, tapenades, and dips. For a wonderful start to any gathering, prepare a tray of sliced crusty breads, cheeses, thinly-sliced meats, and several jars of these delicious accompaniments.

Antipastos: Italian cuisine inspired these superb antipastos. Serve this traditional old world condiment with a variety of crusty breads, crostinis, olives, cheeses, and meats. Make delectable gourmet sandwiches or add to pizza and pasta sauces.

• Grilled yellow pepper with roasted tomatoes
• Grilled zucchini with basil
• Mushroom with artichokes

Bruschetta: A classic Italian tomato condiment, traditionally served over olive oil toasted baguette rounds or crostinis topped with a variety of cheeses.

• Oven roasted tomato with basil
• South American bruschetta with tomatillos and jalapeños
• Bruschetta seasoning

Caponatas: An Italian specialty, caponata is a vegetable antipasto typically served warm or cold with crusty chunks of fresh bread.

• Madras curry eggplant with sultanas & basil
• Sicilian eggplant with pine nuts & sultanas
• Traditional eggplant with capers & merlot

Tapenades: The classic recipes of Provence inspire these exquisite tapenades, a versatile condiment typically used as a spread for crusty breads and crostinis, vegetables and meats. Serve with a dollop of goat cheese, use as a sandwich spread, or add to pizza and pasta sauces.

• Artichoke and asiago with champagne
• Black olive & caper with merlot
• Green olive & caper with brandy
• Mediterranean chickpea with sundried tomato
• Sundried tomato with basil

• Artichoke & leek
• Cheddar onion
• Genovese pesto
• Lemon dill
• Mango curry
• Onion chive
• Roasted garlic
• Roasted pepper
• Roasted red pepper & feta
• Salsa con queso
• Spinach & roma tomato
• Sundried tomato
• Wasabi ginger