Ice Cream

Andrew Edwards Driving along Pacific Coast Highway in his Lexus convertible, Bob Tucci decided to do something he had not done for more than a decade. "It's so hot that I haven't stopped at this milkshake stand in 11 years," Tucci said after ordering a cold dessert at the Crystal Cove Shake Shack. Tucci, who lives in Aliso Viejo, wasn't the only person who stopped by the coastal snack stand late Thursday afternoon. He was followed by a group that included Costa Mesa resident Ashley Hermans, driving south to visit the Festival of Arts in Laguna Beach.

I look forward to checking out Derric and Kim Pollard's new Carvel Ice Cream store in Costa Mesa. However, contrary to what Kim Pollard said, you don't have to be from the East Coast to be familiar with Carvel. As a child in the early '60s, I remember frequent visits to a Carvel store in Santa Ana near my grandparents' house on French Street. There was a miniature delivery car out front. I also recall their folksy TV and radio ads (not real sophisticated by today's standards)

Bob’s Old Fashioned Ice Cream will put a few extra scoops — of profits, that is — into the pockets of local students. The store plans to donate all of its proceeds from ice cream sales April 19 and 20 at the Orange County Market Place to the Costa Mesa Chamber of Commerce for local student scholarships. Bob’s Old Fashioned Ice Cream features a signature vanilla ice cream with delectable toppings. The Orange County Market Place is a swap meet open to the public every Saturday and Sunday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Orange County Fairgrounds.

The American Red Cross has teamed up with the Los Angeles Clippers and Cold Stone Creamery to offer free tickets to a game and ice cream for anyone who donates blood or platelets this month. All donors will also have a chance to win an American Express gift card valued at $500 when they donate blood or platelets at any Red Cross blood drive in Orange, Los Angeles, Ventura or San Diego counties. Any donations will help the Red Cross deal with persistently low blood supply levels, officials said.

The American Red Cross and Cold Stone Creamery are teaming up to offer free ice cream to all donors who give blood and platelets in the month of December, officials said. Donations typically run low during the holidays as many people head out of town. In addition to the free ice cream from Cold Stone creameries, anyone who gives blood this month anywhere in Southern California will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win a $500 American Express gift card. Any healthy person 17 years or older that weighs at least 110 pounds is eligible to donate.

Ice cream lovers, grab your spoons. The Fashion Island Häagen-Dazs will be unveiling two new flavors next week, and they want your feedback to decide which to add to their regular repertoire. Customers will be able to taste a single scoop of the two new offerings — Vanilla Honey Bee and Green Tea flavors — from 4 to 8 p.m. starting Monday. “People can choose which one they like, and the corporation will keep the customers’ favorite,” shift leader Sylvia Trejo said.

The most difficult decision when visiting Balboa Island is where to buy a Balboa Bar, a delectable ice cream treat named after this charming little slice of Newport Beach. Two ice cream shops, Dad’s and Sugar ‘N’ Spice, sell the generous slab of vanilla ice cream on a stick that’s dipped in chocolate, then smothered with the topping of your choice — crushed Oreos, nuts, chocolate sprinkles or some other sinful pleasure. (Don’t even think about the calories.

On the second-to-last day of summer school in the Newport-Mesa Unified School District, chemistry teacher Don Ryan gave his students a treat before their final exam: He let them eat ice cream outside on the blacktop. Ironically, it might have helped them to pass the test. During Newport-Mesa's second summer session, Ryan's students crammed down scientific knowledge like never before, finishing 22 labs in 23 days. On Wednesday, the class took an hour outside to create and enjoy ice cream — and the terms "colloid" and "freezing-point depression" were close at hand.

Last week while sitting on the beach with my grandson watching the waves and enjoying his company, the truth be told, I was sharing our anticipation of enjoying some ice cream. Ice cream is, for me, a staple of parties and hot summer days. It is also the centerpiece of one of the Costa Mesa Senior Center’s important fundraisers — our weekends at the Orange County Marketplace, selling Bob’s Old Fashioned ice cream. Because the Senior Center is fundraising at Bob’s, I interviewed Bob Teller to hear his recollection of why and how he started his business.

AVIVA GOELMAN I was sitting on the beach Sunday, spending the afternoon watching the waves and enjoying my family's celebration of my granddaughter's first birthday. And, truth be told, I was sharing the children's anticipation of enjoying some ice cream. Ice cream is, for me, a staple of parties and hot summer days. It is also the centerpiece of one of the Costa Mesa Senior Center's important fundraisers -- our weekends at the Orange County Marketplace, selling Bob's Old Fashioned ice cream.

SATURDAY CdM Garage Sale The Corona del Mar Middle School ASB and the Sea Kings baseball program host a 100-family garage sale from 7 to 11:30 a.m. at the campus' quad. Admission is free and food will be sold. The Corona del Mar campus is at 2101 Eastbluff Ave., Newport Beach. Spring Baskets with Bunnies Sherman Library and Gardens, 2647 E. Coast Hwy., Corona del Mar, offers an Easter basket making class for children. Cost is $35 for one child and $25 for each additional child.

When Danish duo Christian Toxboe and Laura Nielsen brought their gelato recipe to the U.S., they wanted to make it different. They wanted to make it nice. Using fresh, organic ingredients, they launched N'ice Cream: Nielsen's Homemade Gelato and Sorbet, a Venice Beach-based dessert and espresso shop. Each morning, 16 flavors are whipped up in-store using a formula that is lower in fat and sugar than traditional ice cream. "We opened on the notion that it is possible to bring a group of kids somewhere that moms don't have to be worried about artificial flavors and sweeteners," Toxboe said.

Doner kebabs, baklava, dumplings and that stretchy ice cream — you can bet there will be plenty of great food at the third annual Anatolian Cultures and Food Festival this weekend at the O.C. Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa. This year's event promises to be even bigger than last year's, which was held at the Orange County Great Park. There will be three-dimensional replicas of five different cities. Guests will enter the grounds through 14 gates, each dedicated to a different Anatolian civilization.

Chin Helen Mc Laughlin passed away peacefully in her sleep on July 19, 2011 after courageously and successfully fighting lung and brain cancers.  She was born in Boston in 1940 to Chinese immigrants.  Her parents instilled in her and her brothers and sisters a great work ethic and love of family.  Chin was married for more than 50 fabulous and fun years to the love of her life, Calvin.  Chin was a devoted mother and role model for many.  She took...

A Costa Mesa man charged with shooting and killing his ex-wife and her father is set to appear in a Newport Beach courtroom Friday, according to court records. Robert Lehmann, 36, is accused of shooting his ex-wife Emily Ford, a 32-year-old Paularino Elementary School teacher's aide, when she and her father Russell Ford went to pick up her daughter from Lehmann's home May 3. Prosecutors allege that Lehmann was waiting for the two after Emily Ford was awarded full custody over their 7-year-old special needs daughter earlier in the day after a contentious custody battle between the two. Lehmann allegedly sent his daughter he had with Ford away for ice cream with his current wife while he waited armed with a gun, according to the Orange County District Attorney's office.

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  Last week my little rain gauge mounted on my fence reached its capacity and overflowed. Next time I checked it, water was over the rim again. I have to buy a bigger rain gauge. But not far away a neighbor, an amateur meteorologist, has recorded almost 16 inches of rainfall so far this season. Because our yearly rainfall averages about 13 inches, and we're only a third of the way through the rainy season, we can safely say it is going to be a wet winter. During the early morning following the wettest night of the storm, I managed to weave my way through flooded, rain-soaked streets.

The most difficult decision when visiting Balboa Island is where to buy a Balboa Bar, a delectable ice cream treat named after this charming little slice of Newport Beach. Two ice cream shops, Dad’s and Sugar ‘N’ Spice, sell the generous slab of vanilla ice cream on a stick that’s dipped in chocolate, then smothered with the topping of your choice — crushed Oreos, nuts, chocolate sprinkles or some other sinful pleasure. (Don’t even think about the calories.

Our family celebrated my wife’s birthday by going to Disneyland on Friday. We ate dinner outside of the park, after which my daughter, Kaitlyn, asked me if it was OK to go get some ice cream a few doors down from the restaurant. “You’re 18 and you have your own money,” I said. “It’s up to you.” “Force of habit,” she replied, and off she went. Five days later, Kaitlyn called me at 2:30 p.m., clearly anxious about something that was happening on the campus at UCI, where she is a student.

In times like these it can get hard sometimes to justify taking the family out for dinner, but what if the kids can eat for no charge? Zov’s Neighborhood Cafes in Newport Coast, 21123 Newport Coast Drive, and Irvine, 3915 Portola Parkway, are rolling out a Healthy Kids Menu and starting a new club for the kids. To mark the occasion, the restaurant is not charging for the kids meals Monday through May 17. For more information, visit zovs.com or call (949) 760-9687.   Häagen-Dazs offers free ice cream scoops Speaking of free treats, you can get some ice cream gratis at Fashion Island on Tuesday.