Review: Carmela Ice Cream

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Artisan Creamery
2495 E Washington Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91104
626.797.1405

Carmela Review Summary:

Taste: Delicious! The hand crafted ice cream is made in small batches with herbs, spices, fruits and flowers. It’s smooth, creamy and definitely worth my 20 mile drive.

Cost: Scoops $3.50 for 1/$4.50 for 2/$5.50 for 3 & various take out container sizes

Recommendation: Must try! This is the best ice cream I’ve had in Los Angeles. My favorites are Mint Cacao Nib and Salted Caramel.

I brought two flavors home-mint cacao nib & guinness.

Signature Flavors

Salted Caramel
Brown Sugar Vanilla Bean
Dark Chocolate Cacao Nib
Strawberry Buttermilk
Lavender Honey
Mint Cacao Nib
Lemon Basil Sorbet
Spiced Strawberry Sorbet
Cucumber Sorbet

GILT Taste & Daily Gourmet

Introducing two gourmet food sites

#1 GILT Taste

Intro and screen shots taken from the Gilt Taste website.

What is Gilt Taste?   
Gilt Taste is a marketplace of the best artisan ingredients and food products
that chefs use and love. It’s also an interactive magazine of original recipes and
thoughtful stories from chefs, experts and writers.

What’s Included

• One Spinach bolani
• One 16 oz jar of sweet jalapeno dipping sauce
• One 10.5 oz container of Garlic Mint Cheese spread
• One 10.5 oz container of Basil pesto

My Thoughts:

This website launched its beta version a few days ago. I like it because of the quality and the selection of products. It’s a great place to find high quality gourmet artisan ingredients for a semi-reasonable price. It all depends on how serious you take your food.

“Bolani for One” caught my eye because it was something familiar. I was happy to see it on the website because it is a great product, but the price was shocking. When I was living in the Bay Area, this company was at every farmer’s market. They sold the same items pictured here for $5 a piece. Though the containers of “what’s included” (above) show a slightly larger container size, normally 3-5 ounces less, it makes me question why this product is overpriced. Is it only because it’s on a gourmet website? It also makes me question whether all the items on the site are overpriced or just this one.

#2 Daily Gourmet

Intro and screen shot taken from the Daily Gourmet site.

Daily Gourmet features regular offers on delicious products from around the country and beyond. Offers usually last 3 days and the products are available in limited quantities. Members will be notified via email when new offers open – remember to act fast and tell your friends!

My Thoughts:

I like this website! It’s like Groupon, but for gourmet food. You will not be bombarded with emails, just the daily deal. They have great offers and introduce you to various local products across the country.