Ice cream

Duncan Bannatyne's ice cream career

TV Gossip

14 Aug 2011

Duncan Bannatyne began his business career by saving up for a £450 ice cream van. The 'Dragons' Den' tycoon - who is now estimated to be worth more than £400 million - explained while he was "threatened" and "attacked" during his time in the ice…

Rihanna's love for chocolate ice cream

Celebrity Gossip

14 Aug 2011

Rihanna "needs" to eat chocolate ice cream. The 'S&M' hitmaker's personal trainer Ary Nunez refuses to deprive the star of her favourite "comfort food" when devising her eating plans and exercise regime, because she enjoys the calorific treat so…

Scottish independent ice cream production

Enterprising dairies keep the Scottish-Italian tradition alive

17 Sep 2010

The availability of quality produce from diversifying dairy farms has fuelled a taste for ice-cream from our independent makers, writes Cate Devine.

The long and colourful history of ice-cream in Fife

Ice-cream makers in Scotland

10 May 2010

Given that it’s not the warmest country in the world, Scotland has a surprising number of excellent ice-cream producers. This trend was established as early as the 1880s, when Italians began traveling to Scotland for work to escape poverty at home.

Ice cream man Rupert Grint

Celebrity Gossip

22 Apr 2010

Rupert Grint is going on a road trip in an ice cream van. The 21-year-old actor is looking forward to a leisurely summer when shooting ends on the two 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' films - the final movies in the franchise in which he plays…

Don’t Miss - Morningside

9 Jul 2009

Get sweet treats from S Luca S Luca of Musselburgh’s Morningside café is a Mecca for chocolate lovers in the area and far beyond. Warm up on a cold winter’s evening with a cup of tea and a lovingly crafted chocolate treat. In summertime, S Luca really…

Ice Cream

1 Jun 2009

Ice-cream queen Joanne Eadie tells us about her love affair with Luca’s of Musselburgh and decides to go for a wee tasting session. Any excuse, really.

Ice cream days: growing up in an old school ice cream parlour

Mary Contini of Valvonna & Crolla describes her enviable upbringing

1 May 2009

It took two men, my father and Tommy Dougal, to lift up each milk churn and tip it into the stainless-steel vat. It could be four or five churns at a time – even more in July and August when the factory was working at full capacity. Once the 20-gallon…

Taste Test - Chocolate Ice Cream

4 Sep 2008

Häagen-Dazs Belgian Chocolate, £2 for 100ml tub This surprised a few in the blind tasting, who were expecting something more artificial from this worldwide brand. In fact, the silky texture, rich taste and genuine chocolate flavour were fairly…