Bruce and Mark are to the cookbook world as James Patterson is to the thriller genre. This is not to say that Bruce and Mark’s books aren’t thrilling – they are – especially to those of us who love creating food and have a fondness for (addiction to) cookbooks. Their latest title, À La Mode – 120 Recipes in 60 Pairings: Pies, Tarts, Cakes, Crisps, and More Topped with Ice Cream, Gelato, Frozen Custard, and More will be hitting the shelves in time for summer entertaining.
How does Peanut Brittle Tart with Frozen Popcorn Custard, Sour Cherry Cobbler with Cannoli Cream Ice Cream, Pear Brown Betty and Grape-Nuts and Turbinado Frozen Custard and Chocolate Chip-Hazelnut Scones with Chocolate Semifreddo grab you? These tempting dessert pairings and more await us in À La Mode! No more plain vanilla ice cream to accompany our desserts this summer. Beautiful photographs, detailed instructions and little tidbits about the recipes themselves fill this book.
Courtesy of St. Martin’s Press and Bruce and Mark, you can try the delicious combination of Blueberry-Ginger Slump and Frozen Bavarian Cream by downloading the recipe at this link. I have it on good authority that the Bavarian Cream is to die for.
GIVEAWAY: St. Martin’s Press along with Bruce and Mark are feeling generous – two of will receive an autographed copy of this fantastic book. But that is not all, accompanying each book will be an antique ice cream scoop that was used in the photography in the cookbook (oh I wish I could enter!). Talk about a perfect pairing.
To enter: Leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite flavor of ice cream. You may leave one comment per day until a winner is chosen. Sharing the post is appreciated and you may leave one extra comment when you do. The contest is open to U.S. addresses only. Two winners will be chosen on June 3rd. Good luck! While you are here – be sure to enter the other giveaways still open.
Random Number Generator picked #66 Laurel and #100 Connie M. – congratulations! Please send your addresses to icywit@gmail.com.
Special thanks to St. Martin’s who provided me a copy of this book for review. The Amazon links are affiliate links and help to support this website. By making your Amazon purchases using the Amazon prime link on the right side bar, you help keep The Cookbook Junkies running. Thank you.
My favorite ice cream is Pralines and Cream. But pretty much anything with caramel works for me.
My all-time favorite ice cream is black raspberry ripple. Sadly,I can’t find it any longer.
While cherry vanilla is my old standby, I had a salted caramel pecan pie ice cream the other day that has been making appearences in recent dreams.
Chocolate with something crunchy does it for me!
Chocolate
Chocolate peanut butter cup ice cream!
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My favorite ice cream that I used to eat or currently? 😉 Loved cookie dough ice cream. I just made a coconut milk ice cream with bananas and mangoes last night, it’s pretty darn good.
Ohh since I can enter multiple times I can pick different ice cream each time. For my first pick classic vanilla bean!
Chocolate covered banana flavored ice cream from Ritters
Black raspberry with jimmies in a sugar cone from Sully’s.
Chocolate Marshmallow is my favorite ice cream.
When I lived in Pennsylvania 22 years ago, the Wawa store, similar to 7-11 stores used to carry the ice cream. Not only was it delicious, it was cheap as well.
Coffee ice cream for the win.
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Peppermint stick!
Vanilla ice cream with dark chocolate chips and flaked coconut
Coffee, with toffee crunch…I am drooling.
Hands down, maple walnut!
Any flavor of Schwan’s Ice Cream!
My favorite ice cream flavor is Mint Chip!
Butter pecan . . . or almost anything with nuts.
Vanilla Ice cream…hope I win!
Choclate rasberry with hot fudge, followed closely by anything with caramel….oh heck i like them all!
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As far as ice cream goes, coffee is my favorite, and has been since I was a kid.
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First choice is always Jamoca Almond Fudge. It has all the bells and whistles that ring for me.
Cranberry cinnamon vanilla ice cream
Chocolate is my favorite ice cream flavor but homemade peach comes in a close second.
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Pistachio
Butter brickle
I love homemade lemon ice cream!
Mint Chocolate Chip is my favorite ice cream flavor. Thank you for the wonderful giveaway.
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Any ice cream with nuts and caramel works for me! 🙂
I love all ice cream truthfully, but I think my special nostalgic favorite flavor is mint chocolate chip (preferably eaten in a suga cone, in a hot night in the boardwalk)
So many favorite flavors, but when I’m stuck on selecting I go with Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia!
Today my favorite is coffee toffee.
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Lemon custard is my favorite! Our local ice cream joint makes all of their own ice cream in amazing flavors! 🙂
I love ice cream ! My favorite flavor I had recently is Turtle Swirl.
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Still Jamica Almond Fudge, but I’ll try any other flavor just to make sure.
Still Jamoca Almond Fudge, but I’ll try any other flavor just to make sure.
I make this from scratch and love it….Espresso Ice Cream. The coffee flavor is so intense. However, I have it on my ‘to do’ list to make her (Claudia Fleming from North Fork Table and Inn) sweet corn ice cream. Now that’s what I’m talking about ‘farm to table’ revolution!
Really good Vanilla ice cream can’t be beat. It’s great alone or paired with any fruits or pies.
Pecan Praline! Thank you!!
Cherry vanilla
My favorite flavor is chunky monkey. Love banana, chocolate and walnut combo. My second favorite is everything else! I LOVE ICE CREAM!!!!!
Would love to know how to make coffee gelato. Or any kind of gelato for that matter.
I really like chocolate flavor ice cream. But any will do !
I love raspberry chip…. But a really good artisinal vanilla bean can curl my toes sometimes too!
black raspberry
Strawberries and Cream please!
Actually never met an ice cream I didn’t like
Chocolate peanut butter ice cream, yum!
Coffee with hot fudge
Dark Chocolate Raspberry!
I like pistachio ice cream !!
My favorite frozen custard is the Turkish Coffee at East Coast Custard in NE Ohio. I actually prefer frozen custard from ECC to any other frozen dairy dessert!
I pick rocky road today
Butter pecan without a doubt!
Swiss chocolate ice cream with mandarin chocolate orange flavor chips
Butter Pecan ice cream
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I collect pie cookbooks so what more could I ask for than a cookbook that includes both pie and ice cream!
My favorite flavor is chunky monkey. I could eat a gallon all by myself!! N
Mint chocolate chip is my fave! But a new salted caramel is awesome!
Whatever ice cream I eat, a half cup serving is not enough.
Yes and thanks again.
There’s also a place in our neighborhood that makes their ice cream with honey (Honey Hut, cleverly enough) – they make a Dark Chocolate Cayenne ice cream that is A.MA.ZING. Just enough heat and a ton of dark chocolate flavor…so good!
Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia!
It’s hard to choose a favorite flavor, but my go-to is coffee. LOVE coffee ice cream. Thanks for the giveaway.
My favorite flavor of ice cream is butter brickle, butter pralines, anything with butter in it.
I’m a Michigan girl, so Blue Moon is my all time fave!
Yummy!!
Another day, another entry.
Coffee Ice Cream!
Butter Pecan.
I also like Strawberry ice cream
My favorite is good ole fashioned vanilla bean.
Apple cinnamon – I had it once on Coronado Island, and it’s been my favorite ever since.
Pistachio!
I love pistachio if it’s gelato, it if it’s ice cream, I love creme brulee!!
That’s such a tough question… favorite ice cream. I mean it’s usually what I’m in the mood for, since all are equally good. Is ben and jerrys a flavor? OK OK I have to say Coffee Health bar or chocolate ice cream with something yummy in it.
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I’m feeling very vintage myself today, so ice cream I’m nostalgic for is Stewart’s Make Your own Sundae in upstate New York.
Blue Bunny had a flavor called Flan. It was everything wonderful about flan in ice cream form. And of course now I can’t find it anywhere!
A local ice cream place makes avocado ice cream.. it is by far my favorite flavor ever!
If I had one flavor at Baskin Robbins, it would be nutty coconut
Yes please
So many. Lately is homemade Vanilla with Sanders hot fudge or caramel
Vanilla bean
Caramel with nuts all the way! 🙂
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Cheese and wine why not pie and ice cream
The chocolate ice cream on the cover looks fabulous.
At home it is vanilla because it goes with whatever I bake. But to go for a cone – always – butter peacan!
My favorite is chocolate peanut butter cup!
One more try
I love vanilla bean. I love it because then you can add whatever to it and it is a great base.
Peppermint during the holidays
Chocolate Almond!
My favorite is ginger ice cream by Barbara Tropp. Love it!
Mission Fig
Butter Pecan
My favorite ice cream is lilikoi (passionfruit).
Coffee…mmmm….
Yet again
Yes
PISTACHIO!!! (going to have a spoonful right now!)
One more time.
I get praline and cream when they have it. I’ve always been unsuccessful at making it. My back up is strawberry.
I love pistachio! But most flavors would be equally enjoyable
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Just about any pint and a spoon.
Coffee Ice Cream!
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Strawberry is my go to.
Raspberry swirl.
Triple chocolate
Strange bedfellows, but, it works !
Michael’s Desert Island Dessert!
Pineapple & Chili Ice Cream:
Two 6.79 oz bottles of Thai Kitchen Pineapple & Chili Sauce, two 12 oz cans of evaporated milk, 1/2 cup sugar, one tablespoon of vanilla extract and two tablespoons of freshly chopped mint leaves. Simply combine in an ice cream machine and you’ve got the perfect desert island dessert!
Butter pecan is my all-time favorite, but basil is a close second.
vanilla
Friendly’s fudge ripple
My favorite is coffee!
Peanut butter swirl or mint chocolate chip. Or any Gelato from a cart in Florence 🙂
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Yum!
I’m craving for some coffee ice cream !
One more.time
Still chocolate peanut butter!
Fudge Swirl
Pralines and Cream
One more time
Always Rocky Road
Java chip:)
salted caramel, yum, yum, yum
Butter pecan
I love a Make-Your-Own-Sundae party.
Burnt honey vanilla bean ice cream
Today my favorite is mint chocolate chip.
Happy weekend!
We hAve a little strawberry all the time
Pistachio is my favorite.
Today I keep thinking about Thrifty brand ice cream, and my favorite Malted Chocolate Crunch. Sooo good!
My very favorite is Peach Ice Cream, even better we can pick organic peaches not far from us. Uncle Matt’s offers us amazing organic juices too
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I’d eat hot fudge on any flavor.
yes yes yes
Peach
I have several favorites, such as Butter Pecan, Black Cherry, Banana,and Vanilla.
Today’s favorite blueberry cheesecake swirl.
I had coconut macadamia nut ice cream in Hawaiiy
I meant Hawaii
Favorite flavor: Homemade as a child it was fresh peach with small pieces of fruit made by a curmudgeonly crew at a tiny country store in the middle of nowhere.
I would absolutely love this book!
Running out of verbs.
Since my tagline, stolen from “Pulp Fiction” is “Any day is better with pie”, I am going to say that my favorite flavor of ice cream is any flavor paired with homemade pie.
Chocolate peanut butter
I just made buttermilk icecream, it goes so well with anything it’s paired with
The only two flavors of ice cream that are acceptable are coffee and mint chip.
A favorite.. hmm. Right now anything with fudge swirls and peanut butter cup chunks. Next week it might be blueberry cheesecake.
Chocolate Almond
salted caramel
Dark, dark chocolate with almonds, chili spice, and orange
As a teen, pralines and cream from Baskin Robbins
My fav ice cream is dark chocolate brownie fudge.
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Black Raspberry
I love Bruce and Mark! Their recipes are consistently good, and well tested. I love all ice cream, but since I have to pick just one, I have to say Butter Pecan.
Weren’t two winners announced for this contest on May 31 ( my time zone at least, PCT)?
Birthday Cake ice cream, it’s vanilla ice cream with chunks of white birthday cake & sprinkles mixed in. <3