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Tooty Fruity: Raspberry Ripple Buttermilk Gelato for #IceCreamWeek
August 20, 2014 By Isabelle Boucher | Filed Under: dessert, fruit, ice cream, summer
Welcome to Day 3 of Ice Cream Week 2014! This year, the event is hosted by Kim of Cravings of a Lunatic and Susan of The Girl in the Little Red Kitchen, and we’ve teamed up with 25 amazing bloggers to treat you to tons of amazing ice cream recipes. Ice Cream Week is shaping up to be the best week ever!
Most of you know I’ll eat ice cream anytime, even in the middle of a blizzard, but it really does taste best during those unbearable dog days of summer. The kinds of dog days that this summer has totally failed to deliver, making it one of the crappiest summers on record,…
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