Much of what allowed me to scoop ice cream so masterfully was the actual scooper. Unlike the levered demi-dome-with-a-sweeper scoop of my childhood (which never functioned properly), the scooper ...

Chef Laiskonis has made ice cream in every possible setting, from high-tech labs to home kitchens. On the phone, he explained that with a few tweaks, home cooks can create the perfect scoop.

Last night as I was straining to scoop out a bowl of rock-solid Chocolate Chip Chunk ice cream, I thought to myself: "there's got to be an easier way than this teaspoon at a time business." And in ...

To get a good scoop out of hard ice cream, you need to forget regular spoons and go for an ice cream scoop. It may seem like a lot to spend $20 on a unitasking tool, but the Zeroll is good enough ...

Chocolate-Dipped Ice Cream Pops TODAY Using a 1-inch scoop, scoop perfect balls of ice cream onto a wax paper-lined baking sheet. Insert popsicle sticks into the balls and freeze until very firm.

While any ice cream maker can be used, Bauer recommends a Cuisinart (Ice-20, 1 1/2-quart) electric canister machine (about $50) or something similar as it is easy to use and makes one quart of ice ...

Much of what allowed me to scoop ice cream so masterfully was the actual scooper. Unlike the levered demi-dome-with-a-sweeper scoop of my childhood (which never functioned properly), the scooper ...