Ten Great Places for Ice Cream in Orange County

It’s summer. It’s hot, yadda yadda; time for  ice cream, yadda yadda. With that obligatory intro out of the way, herewith are 10 of this food critic’s favorite ice cream treats, because, you know, it’s summer and it’s hot…yadda yadda. All of the...

In my humble opinion, there's still no better deal than Rite Aid for scoops of its Thrifty's brand ice cream. It's $1.79 as of this writing, and after all these years, it's still served with those cylindrical scoops that go ka-chunk. This summer,...

Name: Caplico Origin: Japan Found at: H-Mart, Irvine Cost: $6.49 Ingredients: Sugar, Whole Milk Powder, Lactose, Corn,(Wheat Flour, Starch, Sugar, Shortening (Hydrogenated Fish Oil), Salt), Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Palm Oil,...

You needn't settle for McDonald's soft serve, a convenience-store slushie or another overplayed frozen yogurt when the sun sizzles and you're nowhere near an air conditioner. Our county has all manners of icy and frozen confections from points...

You might have noticed that ice cream has been stuffed into everything but cones lately. Two years ago, it was donuts a la Afters, but it has since also found its way sandwiched between macarons at such dessert shops as Oh Oui! Pâtisserie and...