Sweetened Greetings

Can't you just feel it?  The air is charged now with a buzz of electricity.  The pace of life is quickening.  Everywhere you go there's a little more traffic to get there. and a little less parking when you arrive.  Oh, yeah, and a little less time every day to do everything you've so carefully entered on your "To do" list.  Yikes!!

So I'm really trying to simplify my gift-giving this year. Okay, I say it every year, and then I somehow panic and step right into the buying frenzy.  Now, I must admit that I love to shop.  The real in-the-store kind of shopping.  Touching all of the merchandise kind of gets my creative juices moving and grooving.

But this year I'm giving foodie finds to the ones I love and appreciate.  So here's a neat little idea to share with your bestie, your honey, your neighbor, your co-worker, or anyone within driving distance. Grab a pint of the most rich and decadent ice cream you can find, two spoons, and eat together right out of the carton.  You can chit chat, dish politics, unwind, share a movie, or bare your soul.

My ice cream "giving" find is at Whole Foods, from an amazing purveyor of deliciousness, Humphry Slocombe.  The name came from the two lead characters in a British sitcom.  An unusual moniker for ice cream?  Perhaps.  But this ice cream is nothing short of creamy, dreamy nirvana.  Seriously!  Hey, this frozen confection is actually Zagat reviewed: "Choosing the best is almost impossible, but Humphry Slocombe is the ultimate mix of gourmet, experimental, and downright delicious."  The flavors are beyond imagination, sayeth The Food Sage.

So I will be bringing Golden Milk and Gingerbread - turmeric-infused honey milk with chocolate chip gingerbread and candied ginger.  Come on now.  If it's infused with turmeric, it's practically anti-inflammatory health food, right?

I will grab the ice cream and spoons and drive like the wind to deliver my present.  Who wouldn't love this?  And if you want a great idea for a corporate or personal holiday party, and you live in the Bay Area, you can book "Miss Betty," a 25' Humphry Slocombe ice cream truck (cool and retro-vibe-y looking), complete with two hours of staff and six flavors; or even an ice cream cart.  If you go online*, there are a number of DIY ice cream party kits that you can order, with cool names like The Secret Breakfast Sundae, Netflix and Chill, Make Your Office Party Suck Less, and more.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.  Woo hoo!  Welcome December.

*events@humphryslocombe.com