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NCDS Frozen Four: Write-Ups
September 14, 2008 – 12:38 PM | 38 Comments
NCDS Frozen Four: Write-Ups

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Cookie dough vs. mint chocolate chip. I have the same problem with cookie dough ice cream that I have with candy corn: I can’t eat just one kernel, or just …

NCDS Update: Icy Eight Voting Closed
September 12, 2008 – 9:25 AM | 9 Comments

And now, your Frozen Four match-ups: cookie dough vs. mint chocolate chip and strawberry vs. vanilla.Mildly surprised that neither peanut-butter-based entry survived, especially in the case of strawberry’s victory (which came by the narrowest of …

NCDS Icy Eight: Write-Ups
September 8, 2008 – 10:08 AM | 36 Comments
NCDS Icy Eight: Write-Ups

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Cookie dough vs. chocolate. Chocolate is a strong default, but I think cookie dough scores higher on the “unable to put down the pint until it’s …

NCDS Update: Sweet 16 voting now closed
September 4, 2008 – 8:02 PM | 3 Comments

No real surprises here.   Into the next round go cookie dough, chocolate, cookies and cream, mint chocolate chip, strawberry, peanut butter and chocolate, vanilla, and peanut butter cup.   Only that last one is …

NCDS Sweet Sixteen: Write-Ups
September 2, 2008 – 8:55 AM | 44 Comments
NCDS Sweet Sixteen: Write-Ups

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Cookie dough v. butter pecan. I’ll be a broken record this round, but, for the first of several times: I do love and order both! Well, …

Support Local Biz: August 29, 2008
August 29, 2008 – 10:44 AM | No Comment
Support Local Biz: August 29, 2008

Matt Zoller Seitz imagines Kong’s farewell via Chet Baker. I like that it’s the 1976 version, because Kong is climbing the Twin Towers.
I haven’t forgotten the NC Double Scoop; polls for the Round Of 32 …

The N.C. Double Scoop Round Of 32: Write-Ups, Flight 2
August 24, 2008 – 8:13 PM | 22 Comments
The N.C. Double Scoop Round Of 32: Write-Ups, Flight 2

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Strawberry vs. pistachio. This is a hard one for me, actually, because I really like both flavors. Hell, I’ll even have them together in a …

The N.C. Double Scoop Round Of 32: Write-Ups, Flight 1
August 23, 2008 – 9:36 PM | 17 Comments
The N.C. Double Scoop Round Of 32: Write-Ups, Flight 1

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Cookie dough vs. black raspberry/Oregon blackberry. My bias here is obvious — thanks to my mom’s quart-a-week habit back in the winter of ’73, when you …

NCDS Update: Flight 3 Closed
August 20, 2008 – 10:34 AM | No Comment

Proceeding to the next round: strawberry; pistachio (upset); lime sherbet; Neapolitan; Rocky Road/heavenly hash; peanut butter and chocolate; dulce de leche; and chocolate chocolate chip.   No huge surprises there.
Flight 4 stays open ’til tomorrow …

NCDS Update: Flight 2 Closed
August 19, 2008 – 10:23 AM | 20 Comments

Prevailing flavors: cookies and cream; fudge ripple (barely, in a minor upset); sticky toffee pudding (upset); Heath Bar Crunch; Key Lime Pie (upset); both regular and mint chocolate chips; and rainbow sherbet.   This will …