"strawberry ice cream" news and stories

Each Thursday, we round up a selection of scrumptious links from our friends over at YumSugar. Here's what they've got cooking this week:

• Carrie Bradshaw as culinary trendsetter?
• These recipes show that there is more to do with avocado than make guacamole.
• While you're at it, keep your avocados from getting a tan.
• Matching American craft breweries to their home states is almost as much fun as drinking their offerings.
• After the heat of the BBQ grill, cool down with some strawberry ice cream on Memorial Day.
• No grill necessary for everyone's favorite appetizer -- spinach-artichoke dip.

What does your favorite ice cream flavor say about you?

To help find out -- and to promote three new ice cream flavors -- Starbucks brought in StrategyOne and Food-ology researcher and behavioral food expert Juliet A. Boghossian, who authored the "What Flavor Are You?" survey.

"The seemingly simple preference for vanilla, chocolate or strawberry ice cream says a lot more about us than you might think," Boghossian says.

Happy Strawberry Ice Cream Day!

Ironic that what's thought of as a quintessentially American dessert originated in the ancient China, where snow in mountainous regions would serve as the base. But it's safe to say that many of us were raised on strawberry ice cream -- and what's not to love, with a chilled, creamy base livened by the tart strawberry's tang.

And while the likes of Ben & Jerry's and Haagen-Dazs come close, there's nothing like homemade ice cream. Pictured here, the blogger of Brownies for Dinner used Gourmet's No-Cook Strawberry Ice Cream recipe and praises the interesting texture of this version, describing it as having a mouthfeel and taste like one third sorbet, and the other two thirds ice cream. Celebrate today's holiday and enjoy your own bowl of fresh strawberries and cream in this No-Cook Ice Cream.