LCBO Food & Drink Summer 2024

DIY Soft Serve

Soft serve ice cream is all the rage, but did you know you can make it at home? Our No-Churn Vanilla Soft Serve (p. 132) is a breeze and, with a piping bag and star tip, you can get the same look as your local truck. Sundae Best While nuts and sprinkles are all fine and dandy, how about a few unex pected toppings at your next sundae bar? Skor bits • Toasted coconut • Crushed Sesame Snaps • Plain corn chips • Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal • Ground coffee • Pop Rocks ’Which Combo If you use store-bought cookies—the chewy bakery cookies, not the crisper packaged ones—ice cream sandwiches are a breeze. Here are a few ideas. Ginger cookies + rum raisin ice cream • Dark chocolate cookies + mint chip ice cream • Chocolate chunk cookies + cherry-chocolate ice cream •••••••••• ••••••••••

Parlour Games We’ve got the scoop on must-stop ice cream shops when you’re trav elling around Ontario this summer. The Black River Market Milford cheese factory is an artisan market with an ice-cream counter. They also spin gelatos featuring hyper-local, seasonal ingredients— think haskap berries and sumac. blackriver.market Tucked inside this Affogato Café + Gelato Huntsville affogatomuskoka.com This shop specializes in handcrafted gelato and gelato-based bars, bites and cakes. They also have a barge that cruises Peninsula, Vernon and Fairy Lakes on weekends.

Kawartha Dairy Bobcaygeon kawarthadairy.com Their scoops are

served all over cottage country, but you can go straight to the source for the full range of flavours, including the peerless Moose Tracks. —Victoria Walsh