"popscicle" news and stories

Does anything capture the flavor of summer quite so perfectly as a popsicle? Chances are, just the thought of a treacly, neon-red line of strawberry-flavored melt dribbling down your chin takes you back to some perfect summer evening of your childhood. Throw in some fireflies and a pair of flip-flops, and you're twelve again.

As Nation's Restaurant News reports, this summer seems to be marking a resurgence of the popsicle -- but this time they're coming from restaurants, not ice cream trucks, and the flavors are for grown-up palates.

In New York, these run the gamut from the Latin-inspired, such as tamarind-chile and mango-pineapple spiked with chile de arbol (Ofrenda Cocina Mexicana) and sweet corn and caramel popcorn (Rosa Mexicano), to Asian treats, such as calamansi, mago lassi and Thai coffee (Rickshaw Dumpling Bar). In Las Vegas, guests at the Mandarin Oriental can order lemon-thyme, raspberry tea-passion fruit and watermelon-lemongrass pops poolside.

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